seaports
121pick up — {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay for someone else. * /After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check./ 3. To take on or away; receive; get. * /At the… …
122port of entry — {n. phr.} 1. A port where things brought into the country to sell may pass through customs. * /Other ports of entry have been taking business from New York./ 2. A port where a citizen of another country may legally enter a country; a port having… …
123beach comber — beachcomber eachcomber [Written also {beach comber} or {beach comber}.] (Naut.) 1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I was… …
124beach-comber — beachcomber eachcomber [Written also {beach comber} or {beach comber}.] (Naut.) 1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I was… …
125beachcomber — eachcomber [Written also {beach comber} or {beach comber}.] (Naut.) 1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I was fortunate… …
126Maritime — Mar i*time (m[a^]r [i^]*t[imac]m, formerly m[a^]r [i^]*t[i^]m; 277), a. [L. maritimus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. maritime. See {Mere} a pool.] 1. Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having …
127Maritime law — Maritime Mar i*time (m[a^]r [i^]*t[imac]m, formerly m[a^]r [i^]*t[i^]m; 277), a. [L. maritimus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. maritime. See {Mere} a pool.] 1. Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or… …
128Maritime loan — Maritime Mar i*time (m[a^]r [i^]*t[imac]m, formerly m[a^]r [i^]*t[i^]m; 277), a. [L. maritimus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. maritime. See {Mere} a pool.] 1. Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or… …
