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nouna fight between ships at sea. Origin of sea fightFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby sea fightsea elephant, sea fan, seafarer, seafaring, sea feather, sea fight, sea fir, sea fire, seafloor, seafloor spreading, sea foam Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sea fightThe great object in a sea-fight was to charge an opponent amidships, or on the stern, or on some defenceless part. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Volume 62, No. 386, December, 1847|Various We illustrate a Copenhagen porcelain bowl, with painted scene, showing the Dannebrog flying and the sea-fight in progress. Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain|Arthur Hayden The sea-fight was an obstinate one, though not remarkable for its science; indeed it was more like a battle by land. The History of the Peloponnesian War|Thucydides Sluys is often spoken of as the sea-fight that inaugurated the long victorious career of the British Navy. Famous Sea Fights|John Richard Hale
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