Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
gulfweed . - noun In England, the tangle, Laminaria digitala, especially cylindrical portions of the frond.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
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- noun
Seaweed broughtashore by thewind .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Regarding the beach, it might have been most reasonably supposed that it would be very thick with the driftweed; but this was not so, at least, not at that time; though a projecting horn of the black rock which ran out into the sea from the upper end of the island, was thick with it.
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It was most curious to observe, as far as the eye could range, how level and truly horizontal the line on the mountain side was, at which trees ceased to grow: it precisely resembled the high-water mark of driftweed on a sea-beach.
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It was most curious to observe, as far as the eye could range, how level and truly horizontal the line on the mountain side was, at which trees ceased to grow: it precisely resembled the high-water mark of driftweed on a sea-beach.
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The feet of Mistherd flew over yerba and outpaced windblown driftweed.
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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After breakfast, at Martin's suggestion, they made little boats of twigs and leaves and sailed them on the duckpond, where they met with many adventures and calamities from driftweed, small breezes, and the curiosity of the ducks.
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After breakfast, at Martin's suggestion, they made little boats of twigs and leaves, and sailed them on the duck-pond, where they met with many adventures and calamities from driftweed, small breezes, and the curiosity of the ducks.
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After breakfast, at Martin's suggestion, they made little boats of twigs and leaves and sailed them on the duckpond, where they met with many adventures and calamities from driftweed, small breezes, and the curiosity of the ducks.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Eleanor Farjeon 1923
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With characteristic cunning -- a cunning which grows keener and keener in the neighborhood of civilization -- the mother-otter filled up the land entrance among the roots with earth and driftweed, using only the doorway under water until it was time for the cubs to come out into the world again.
Secret of the Woods William Joseph Long 1909
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A small brook made an eddy there, and a lot of driftweed had collected over a bed of soft black mud.
Ways of Wood Folk William Joseph Long 1909
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Regarding the beach, it might have been most reasonably supposed that it would be very thick with the driftweed; but this was not so, at least, not at that time; though a projecting horn of the black rock which ran out into the sea from the upper end of the island, was thick with it.
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