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Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
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Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.
'wkeano`s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to
encompass the earth.]
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
{sea}, or {great sea}.
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Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thought of other years. --Longfellow.
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2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
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3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
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You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion. --Lieber &
Stoller
(Poison Ivy:
song lyrics,
1994)
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