seamark
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of seamark
Example Sentences
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The sound of the strokes recalled his mind for the moment to those early days, when the ambition for a seat in Parliament had been the very seamark of his utmost sail.
From The Dictator by Justin McCarthy
The Victory was one landmark, or seamark, if you please, and this flagship was another.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Frederick Palmer
Its western tower, land-mark for the valleys and seamark for vessels making the Haven, overtops the avenue of age-old elms which shade the graveyard.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
But ah, bright forelock, cluster that you are Of favoured make and mind and health and youth, Where lies your landmark, seamark, or soul's star?
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges
At Racton to the north-east is the well-known seamark tower used by mariners in the navigation of the channels of Chichester Harbour.
From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Edric Holmes
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