sea light

sea light

English

Noun

sea light (countable and uncountable, plural sea lights)

1. Alternative form of sea-light
   1. Light from the sea.
      • 1996, Alfred Kazin, New York Jew, →ISBN, page 209:

        I would lie in bed listening to the tugs hooting; I would wake up to find my painter's great north windows awash with foggy sea light.

      • 2008, Robert Girardi, The Pirate's Daughter, →ISBN:

        A large square porthole let in the sea light, but this didn't make much difference: The moment Wilson stepped through the hatchway with Ackerman's daily mound of food in hand, he recognized it immediately—the plastic closeness, the pale, powdery smell of offices.

      • 2011, Susan Neiman, Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists, →ISBN, page 299:

        Mornings the sea light moves like broadloom, weaving the same endless pattern on the clear bottom sand.

   2. A light on the seacoast to warn or guide boats.
      • 1819, Sir David Brewster, Second American edition of the new Edinburgh encyclopædia, page 54:

      • 1845, Robert Mills, The American Light-house Guide:

        As there is a dangerous sand bar at the mouth of the harbor, these lights serve as useful guides, and also as sea lights. (1809.)

      • 2012, Elly Griffiths, The House at Sea's End, →ISBN, page 223:

        Ruth stares out of her office window, across the courtyard towards the artificial lake, and thinks about the impending trip to the sea light.