sea n DA ~ n 10 b (2) ~ duck (1835- ), South Shore Phr Bk ~ duck, ~ parrot for combs in sense 2.
1 Phr follow (or tease) the sea: to engage in the youthful sport of following and evading the retreat and advance of large waves on the shore.
1984 KELLAND 124 When we were youngsters we used to play a sport we called 'folleyin' the seas'... Our game was to follow each receding wave out until it melted back into the ocean, then race madly to safety ahead of the next comber that rolled in. 1985 NEWHOOK 34 If there was a 'sea on,' some [boys] would rush up and down the beach 'teasing the sea,' chanting various rhymes.
2 Attrib, comb ~ boot, ~ duck, ~ fog: fog formed when warm air moves over colder sea water, ~ hen (b), ~ parrot, sea-run (trout): sea trout.
1863 Journ of Assembly Appendix 659 They were long seaboots, came over the knee...paid 30 s. for them. 1986 Them Days xi (4), 7 The dry goods shelves [at Hudson's Bay shop] carried yellow oilskins...leather and rubber sea boots, shirts. 1985 Evening Telegram 11 Mar, p. 16 The sea duck season for eiders, scoters and oldsquaw continues until March 10, 1986. 1989 East Coast Marine Weather Manual 50 Unlike radiation fog, which requires calm or light wind conditions, sea fog may form when winds are moderate, and may even persist as winds become strong. And whereas land fog usually burns off during the day, sea fog is affected much less by sunshine. 1939 ALDRICH & NUTT 239 Sea hen. Pomarine jaeger. [1703] 1905 LAHONTAN (ed Thwaites) p. 355 The Sea-Parrots bear the name of Parrots, upon the account that their Beak is of the same form with that of the Land Parrot. They never quit the Sea or the Shoar; and are always flying upon the surface of the Water, in quest of little Fish. Their colour is black, and their size is much the same with that of a Pullet. There are great numbers of 'em upon the bank of Newfound-Land, and near the Coast of the Island, which the Seamen catch with Hooks cover'd with a Cod's Roe, and hung over the Prow of the Ship. 1988 Evening Telegram 3 Dec, p. 32 [caption] Nick [Taylor] latched onto a six-and-a-quarter-pound sea run beauty while trolling with a Rapala minnow off Manuels.
