An extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus excreted by several molluscs (particularly Pinna nobilis, rough penshell) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed.

plural of sea lion

Alternative spelling of seabream

A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use. / The light from the above source.

(transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight.

A fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ash when plucked.

A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.

A great quantity of blood. / (slang, vulgar, in particular) (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation. / (more generally) A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine.

An airtight seal.

simple past tense and past participle of hermetically seal