seawatern.

Forms: see sea n. and water n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., water n.

Etymology: < sea n. + water n. With sense 1a compare Old Frisian sēweter . With sense 2 compare aquamarine n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseawater.

a. The water of the sea, or water taken from the sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > from the sea

seawaterc1000

salt waterc1440

salt or bitter sea1602

stay-liquor1682

seawaters1706

c1000 Sax. Leechd. (Rolls) II. 28 Celeþonian seaw & sæ~wæter.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 159 Þe tere þet mon wepð for his aȝen sunne is alse salt water, and þer fore hit is inemned see water.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 167 Wyth his hond wyth a lytyll schell he toke of þe see-watyr and powret into þat put.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. vii. 416 The salt made of sea-water.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 465 Sea water shalt thou drinke.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden xlvi. 90 On the Essex and Kentish shores, as far as the brackish Sea~water commeth.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 10 Being drenched with sea-water.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xix. 32 The salt sea-water passes by.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 15 A rough blue suit of clothes, all torn and much stained by sea-water.

b. plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > from the sea

seawaterc1000

salt waterc1440

salt or bitter sea1602

stay-liquor1682

seawaters1706

1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. iv. 222 If the Sea-waters could be procur'd, they were prefer'd before all others.

1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea xv. 308 The iridescence of the sea-waters is most generally produced by living light~bearers.

†2. A precious stone, the aquamarine n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > beryl > [noun] > aquamarine

seawater1617

aquamarine1728

aigue-marine1730

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xx. 117/1 One entire Stone of a Sea-Water Green Colour, known by the Name of the Agmarine.]

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 235 Round stones called Cornioli, of yellow colour and others of white, called the Sea-water of India.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1).

ΚΠ

1596 Will in Longman's Mag. Apr. (1905) 534 My see-water colored green cloke.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 80 Tell me precisely of what complexion? Boy. Of the sea-water Greene sir.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	seawater
释义	seawatern. Forms: see sea n. and water n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., water n. Etymology: < sea n. + water n. With sense 1a compare Old Frisian sēweter . With sense 2 compare aquamarine n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseawater. 1. a. The water of the sea, or water taken from the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > from the sea seawaterc1000 salt waterc1440 salt or bitter sea1602 stay-liquor1682 seawaters1706 c1000 Sax. Leechd. (Rolls) II. 28 Celeþonian seaw & sæ~wæter. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 159 Þe tere þet mon wepð for his aȝen sunne is alse salt water, and þer fore hit is inemned see water. c1450 Mirk's Festial 167 Wyth his hond wyth a lytyll schell he toke of þe see-watyr and powret into þat put. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. vii. 416 The salt made of sea-water. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 465 Sea water shalt thou drinke. View more context for this quotation 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden xlvi. 90 On the Essex and Kentish shores, as far as the brackish Sea~water commeth. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 10 Being drenched with sea-water. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xix. 32 The salt sea-water passes by. View more context for this quotation 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 15 A rough blue suit of clothes, all torn and much stained by sea-water. b. plural. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > from the sea seawaterc1000 salt waterc1440 salt or bitter sea1602 stay-liquor1682 seawaters1706 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. iv. 222 If the Sea-waters could be procur'd, they were prefer'd before all others. 1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea xv. 308 The iridescence of the sea-waters is most generally produced by living light~bearers. †2. A precious stone, the aquamarine n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > beryl > [noun] > aquamarine seawater1617 aquamarine1728 aigue-marine1730 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xx. 117/1 One entire Stone of a Sea-Water Green Colour, known by the Name of the Agmarine.] 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 235 Round stones called Cornioli, of yellow colour and others of white, called the Sea-water of India. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1). ΚΠ 1596 Will in Longman's Mag. Apr. (1905) 534 My see-water colored green cloke. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 80 Tell me precisely of what complexion? Boy. Of the sea-water Greene sir. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1000
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