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:

        We shall here simply enumerate all the public or sea lights upon the coast of England and Wales, without distinguishing those which belong to the Trinity Board, or are specially under its management, as we conceive that Board, in a general way, to take cognizance, more or less, in the proper and regular exhibition of the lights at all the lighthouses upon the English coast.

      • 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.