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noun
- (nautical) The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards
- 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
- : I saw the land run out a great length into the sea, at about the distance of four or five leagues before me; and the sea being very calm, I kept a large to make this point.
- The distant part of the sea visible from the shore
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