ˈsea-book
† 1. A sea-log (see sea n. 23 a). Obs.
| a 1642 Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 336/1 The Captain may require a Copy of the Sea Book from the Purser. |
2. (See quot. 1883). Obs. exc. Hist.
| 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 34 All arms, sea-books and instruments..is plunder. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 519/2 When the loxodromic maps came into existence, hand-books with sailing directions were written to accompany them, hence the titles ‘sailing directions’, ‘sea-books’,..or cartas da marear. |
3. A book representing life at sea, etc. (sea n. 18 l).
| 1894 Clark Russell in My First Book 30 It is the first sea book I ever wrote. |