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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ocean \O"cean\, n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.? ocean, in
Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
{sea}, or {great sea}.
Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the
thought of other years. --Longfellow.
2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ocean \O"cean\, a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ocean
n 1: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the
hydrosphere
2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: {sea}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ocean, NJ
Zip code(s): 07712
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made
for man -- who has no gills.
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