sea-pussn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːpʊs/, U.S.

/ˈsiˌpʊs/

Forms: 1600s sepoose, 1600s 1800s– seapoose, 1800s sea poose, 1800s sea-poose, 1800s sea-pouce, 1800s– sea-purse, 1800s– sea puss, 1800s– sea-puss, 1800s– seapuss, 1900s– sea purse.

Origin: A borrowing from Unquachog. Etymon: Unquachog seépus.

Etymology: < Unquachog seépus river (probably pronounced /siːpuːhs/), with remodelling of the first element after sea n.The Unquachog word (recorded in 1791) reflects a suffixed form of a Southern New England Algonquian base with the sense ‘river’; compare Narragansett séip river, sepoêse little river. Unquachog was a Southern New England Algonquian language of Long Island.

U.S. regional (New Jersey and New York).

1. Chiefly in form seapoose. In Southampton, New York: (a name given to) the artificial inlet regularly cut between Mecox Bay and the sea. Now chiefly historical.

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1650 in 1st Bk. Rec. Southampton (N.Y.) (1874) 69 [They] are to have for their paines 3s per day at the seapoose.

1895 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac X. 57/1 Seap [meaning ‘river’] occurs in..Seapoose..the inlet connecting Meacock Bay with the ocean.

1916 J. T. Adams Memorials Old Bridgehampton ix. 186 The people of this part of Town used to go to Southampton on the Sabbath, traveling along the beach, unless the seapoose was running, when they would go along Mecox Road.

1916 J. T. Adams Memorials Old Bridgehampton xi. 235 One life saver, Charles H. Church,..was drowned about 4.30 a.m., while trying to cross Mecox seapoose in December, 1903... One row lock was picked up near the seapoose, the boat, capsized and self-anchored, on the bar.

1949 J. H. Morice in P. Bailey Long Island I. vi. 135 Seapoose in the Unkechaug dialect meant 'little river', but is better known as the cut made through the beach to allow the waters of the ocean to flow into the bay, particularly at Mecox.

1985 E. H. Ross & D. Faris Descendants of Edward Howell (rev. ed.) 33 If it [sc. the bay] got too full, upon notice from the magistrate, every man from sixteen to sixty years of age was obliged to assist in digging out the ‘Sea-poose’.

2011 D. Goddard Colonizing Southampton iv. 130 Occasionally, this natural replenishment [of sand] failed to take place and the seapoose might remain open for as much as a year.

2. A strong, narrow current on or near the surface of the sea, flowing directly out from the shore, esp. over a submerged channel or gully; an underwater pit or channel that causes a strong seaward current to form above it; a whirlpool or swirling current formed by waves meeting from different directions; a rip current.

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1839 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 18 July Our Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May is divided into flats, and what are termed sea pusses.

a1841 ‘J. Cypress, Jr.’ Sporting Scenes (1842) I. 102 I kept watch of him—when I came to a sea poose—I went in and to the east of it.

1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 June 4/3 The beach is not cut into like the Atlantic shore with its ‘sea-pooses’, treacherous to the bather because formed by a single tide and their location unsuspected until one steps into one of them.

1904 N.Y. Tribune 29 May ii. 7/1 McDonald was a good swimmer, but, getting caught in a sea puss, was shot out to the deep sea with great velocity.

1932 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Sept. 6/3 The sea-purse swooped in and picked up a girl bather, who was suddenly seen to whirl about on the surface of the water like a cork.

1951 L. Barrymore & C. Shipp We Barrymores vi. 76 I was caught in a sea puss, frighteningly far from shore, and I bellowed for help.

1963 Boys' Life June 3/3 Have you ever tried ‘reading’ the surf? Would you know a seapuss or runback if you saw one?

1993 S. Gray Gray's Anat. (1994) 75 One day I was in, after we'd had a big storm that had created a sea puss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sea-puss
释义	sea-pussn. Brit. /ˈsiːpʊs/, U.S. /ˈsiˌpʊs/ Forms: 1600s sepoose, 1600s 1800s– seapoose, 1800s sea poose, 1800s sea-poose, 1800s sea-pouce, 1800s– sea-purse, 1800s– sea puss, 1800s– sea-puss, 1800s– seapuss, 1900s– sea purse. Origin: A borrowing from Unquachog. Etymon: Unquachog seépus. Etymology: < Unquachog seépus river (probably pronounced /siːpuːhs/), with remodelling of the first element after sea n.The Unquachog word (recorded in 1791) reflects a suffixed form of a Southern New England Algonquian base with the sense ‘river’; compare Narragansett séip river, sepoêse little river. Unquachog was a Southern New England Algonquian language of Long Island. U.S. regional (New Jersey and New York). 1. Chiefly in form seapoose. In Southampton, New York: (a name given to) the artificial inlet regularly cut between Mecox Bay and the sea. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1650 in 1st Bk. Rec. Southampton (N.Y.) (1874) 69 [They] are to have for their paines 3s per day at the seapoose. 1895 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac X. 57/1 Seap [meaning ‘river’] occurs in..Seapoose..the inlet connecting Meacock Bay with the ocean. 1916 J. T. Adams Memorials Old Bridgehampton ix. 186 The people of this part of Town used to go to Southampton on the Sabbath, traveling along the beach, unless the seapoose was running, when they would go along Mecox Road. 1916 J. T. Adams Memorials Old Bridgehampton xi. 235 One life saver, Charles H. Church,..was drowned about 4.30 a.m., while trying to cross Mecox seapoose in December, 1903... One row lock was picked up near the seapoose, the boat, capsized and self-anchored, on the bar. 1949 J. H. Morice in P. Bailey Long Island I. vi. 135 Seapoose in the Unkechaug dialect meant 'little river', but is better known as the cut made through the beach to allow the waters of the ocean to flow into the bay, particularly at Mecox. 1985 E. H. Ross & D. Faris Descendants of Edward Howell (rev. ed.) 33 If it [sc. the bay] got too full, upon notice from the magistrate, every man from sixteen to sixty years of age was obliged to assist in digging out the ‘Sea-poose’. 2011 D. Goddard Colonizing Southampton iv. 130 Occasionally, this natural replenishment [of sand] failed to take place and the seapoose might remain open for as much as a year. 2. A strong, narrow current on or near the surface of the sea, flowing directly out from the shore, esp. over a submerged channel or gully; an underwater pit or channel that causes a strong seaward current to form above it; a whirlpool or swirling current formed by waves meeting from different directions; a rip current. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] swallowa700 weelc897 suckc1220 swallowinga1387 swelthc1400 swirlc1425 gorce1480 vorage1490 whirlpool1530 gourd1538 gulf1538 poolc1540 hurlpool1552 whirlpit1564 sea-gulf1571 maelstrom1588 vorago1654 well1654 gurges1664 gurge1667 swelchiea1688 vortex1704 tourbillion1712 whirly-pool1727 wheel-pit1828 sea-puss1839 turn-hole1851 suck-hole1909 1839 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 18 July Our Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May is divided into flats, and what are termed sea pusses. a1841 ‘J. Cypress, Jr.’ Sporting Scenes (1842) I. 102 I kept watch of him—when I came to a sea poose—I went in and to the east of it. 1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 June 4/3 The beach is not cut into like the Atlantic shore with its ‘sea-pooses’, treacherous to the bather because formed by a single tide and their location unsuspected until one steps into one of them. 1904 N.Y. Tribune 29 May ii. 7/1 McDonald was a good swimmer, but, getting caught in a sea puss, was shot out to the deep sea with great velocity. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Sept. 6/3 The sea-purse swooped in and picked up a girl bather, who was suddenly seen to whirl about on the surface of the water like a cork. 1951 L. Barrymore & C. Shipp We Barrymores vi. 76 I was caught in a sea puss, frighteningly far from shore, and I bellowed for help. 1963 Boys' Life June 3/3 Have you ever tried ‘reading’ the surf? Would you know a seapuss or runback if you saw one? 1993 S. Gray Gray's Anat. (1994) 75 One day I was in, after we'd had a big storm that had created a sea puss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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