sea-girt
Britishadjective
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Eurymakhos, Polybos’ son, replied: “Telemakhos, it is on the gods’ great knees who will be king in sea-girt Ithaka.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Like Prometheus he lay chained to his barren sea-girt rock; and so the sword was hung up to rust, and the ploughshare and harrow resumed their sway.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
Northwards was the sea-girt mountain called the Bass Rock, whilst south-eastwards we could see the coast-line stretching out to Saint Abbé Head.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
We who live in the humid sea-girt North can little understand the longing for clear, cool water, the reverence for its dispensers, that must ever be felt in the South.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
No brighter or sunnier day could be wished for than the one on which the Island Home steamed out from Wood's Hole into the Vineyard Sound for the sea-girt isle.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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