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great sea

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.]

  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.

    You're gonna need an ocean Of calamine lotion.
    --Lieber & Stoller (Poison Ivy: song lyrics, 1994)

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Great Sea

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
Great Sea (The Legend of Zelda series)
  1. redirect Universe of The Legend of Zelda#Great Sea