| • | One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean,
   found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank,
   generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger
   sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the
   Carribean Sea. | 
											
															| • | An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish;
   as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water
   lake; as, the Sea of Galilee. | 
											
															| • | The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a
   large part of the globe. | 
											
															| • | The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind;
   motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there
   was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea. | 
											
															| • | A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called
   from its size. | 
											
															| • | Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of
   glory. |