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ˈsea-bull
[bull n.1]
†1. The male of the sea-cow or seal. Obs.
a1400–50Alexander 3846 Of Seeles & of see-Bules a swyth grete nounbre. Ibid. 4098 A cowdrife breste [? read beste], Of sembalaunce as a see-bule. c1520Andrew Noble Life iii. xxxviii, Focas is a see bulle, & is very stronge & dangerous. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 216/1 He beareth Argent, a sea Bulls-head couped, Sable.
2. The male of the sea-cow or hippopotamus.
1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iii. 88 A large sea-bull lying asleep close inland behind some reeds. |