Short sea

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a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion.

See also: Sea

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No references found			And it was then, while finishing his watch, with the chilly gusts of wind sweeping at him out of the darkness where the short sea of the soundings growled spitefully all round the ship, that it occurred to his unsophisticated mind that perhaps things are not what they are confidently expected to be; that it was possible that Captain Anthony was not a happy man . Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context I remember my brother-in-law going for a short sea trip once, for the benefit of his health. Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context			short game short gastric artery short haul short head short hundredweight short interest short iron short jenny short leg short letter short line short list Short meter short metre Short money short odds short order short pants short pastry short position Short rib short ribs short sale short saphenous vein short scope buoy Short sea short selling short shrift short sight short sleep short sleeve short story short straw short subject Short suit short supply short takeoff and landing short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft short temper short term short time short title short ton short wave short whist Short's aster short-acting short-beaked short-billed short-billed marsh wren short-bodied			Short rotation forestry short rotation rye grass Short Rotation Woody Crops Short Round Short Run Short Run Short Run Short Run Short Run Average Total Cost Short Run Average Variable Cost Short Run Digital Printing Short Run Marginal Cost short sale short sale short sale Short Sale Against the Box Short Sale Assistance Program Short Sale Rule Short Sales Short Sales Short Sales Short Sales Against the Box short saphenous vein short saphenous vein Short scale Short Scar Breast Reduction short scope buoy Short score Short score Short Scottish Secure Tenancy Short sea Short Sea and Waterways Forum Short sea shipping Short Secret Sharing Short Segment Barrett's Esophagus Short Segment Barrett's Oesophagus Short Self Contained Compilable Example Short Self Contained Correct Example Short Sell Against the Box short selling short selling short selling Short Selling Basher Short Service Commission Short Service Employee short service employee program Short settlement Short Settlements Short Shameful Confession short shipment Short Short Test Short Short Tests Short shorts Short shorts Short shorts short shot short shrift short shrift short shrift short sight short sight

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