Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sea-dew.
- noun Rosemary.
- noun The walrus: formerly imagined as a sea-monster which climbed cliffs to feed on dew.
- Pertaining or relating to the walruses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.
- noun obsolete Dew from the sea; sea dew.
- noun obsolete Rosemary.
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