ˈsea-rim
[OE. sǽrima: see rim n.1]
† 1. The sea-shore. Obs. rare.
| O.E. Chron. an. 897, Þær mycel yfel ᵹedydon, æᵹðer ge on Defenum ᵹe wel hwær be ðæm sæ riman. Ibid. an. 994 (Laud MS.) Be ðam sæ riman on East Seaxum. c 1205 Lay. 6216 We habbeoð isoht bi þisse sæ rime a lond..þe us were liðe þe we mihten on libben. Ibid. 10485 Þa a þan ilke time verden bi sæ rime vtlaȝen to iwiten fulle sixti scipen. |
2. The sea horizon.
| a 1881 Lanier Hymns of Marshes, Sunrise 145 The wave⁓serrate sea-rim sinks unjarring. 1896 Kipling Seven Seas, Coastwise Lt. 12 The lover from the sea-rim drawn—his love in English lanes. 1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 28 Mast-head semaphores..to be read and answered by ships whose hulls are below the sea-rim. |