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O"cean (&ō;"sh&aitalic_;n), n. [F. océan, 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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O"cean (&ō;"sh&aitalic_;n), a. Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.
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