sea-maid

How to use sea-maid in a sentence

• A spondee is a foot of two equally accented syllables; as, mainspring, sea-maid.

  Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. Painter

• Facing the bar, a startled sea maid turned her head, ever about to plunge to the safety of green seas.

  Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove Rhodes

• And before that despatch ever reached Wilmington the navy agent was in the offing in the Sea Maid.

  If, Yes and Perhaps | Edward Everett Hale

• As it was, a pair of brown eyes blinded him, and the tones of a voice sweeter than the songs of Oberon's sea-maid filled his ears.

  A Fool For Love | Francis Lynde

• Some report a sea-maid spawned him; some, that he was begot between two stock-fishes.

  Measure for Measure | William Shakespeare