The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr. 'wkeano`s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
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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. 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.
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An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
--Locke.You're gonna need an ocean Of calamine lotion.
--Lieber & Stoller (Poison Ivy: song lyrics, 1994)
Wikipedia
Great Sea may refer to:
- Belegaer, a fictional sea in Lord of the Rings
- Great Sea, a fictional setting in The Legend of Zelda video game series
- Mediterranean Sea, called the Great Sea in the Bible
- redirect Universe of The Legend of Zelda#Great Sea