SEA-POACHER. A name of the pogge, Cottus cataphractus.
SEA-PORCUPINE. Several fish of the genera Diodon and Tetraodon, beset with sharp spines, which they can erect by inflating themselves with air.
SEA-PORK. The flesh of young whales in the western isles of Scotland; the whale-beef of the Bermudas, &c. It is also called sea-beef.
SEA-PORT. A haven near the sea, not situated up a river.
SEA-PURSE. See [Mermaid's Purse].
SEA-QUADRANT. The old name of Jacob's cross-staff.
SEA-QUAKE. The tremulous motion and shock of an earthquake felt through the waves.
SEA-RATE. The going of a chronometer as established on board, instead of that supplied from the shore. This may be done by lunars. From motion and other causes their rates after embarkation are frequently useless, and rates for their new ever-changing position are indispensable. This rate is sometimes loosely deduced between two ports; but as the meridian distances are never satisfactorily known, even as to the spots of observation, they cannot be relied on but as comparative.
SEARCH. If the act of submitting to search is to subject neutral vessels to confiscation by the enemy, the parties must look to that enemy whose the injustice is for redress, but they are not to shelter themselves by committing a fraud upon the undoubted rights of the other country.
SEARCH, Right of. See [Visitation].