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Webster 1913 Edition
Ocean
O′cean
(ō′shan)
, Noun.
[F.
océan
, L. oceanus
, Gr. ὠκεανόσ
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.
O′cean
(ō′shan)
, Adj.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea;
as, the
ocean
waves; an ocean
stream. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ocean
OCEAN
,Noun.
1.
The vast body of water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe, called also the sea, or great sea. It is customary to speak of the ocean as if divided into three parts, the Atlantic ocean, the Pacific ocean, and the Indian ocean; but the ocean is one mass or body, partially separated by the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa on one side, and by America on the other.2.
An immense expanse; as the boundless ocean of eternity; oceans of duration and space.OCEAN
,Adj.