sea-weed

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SE'A-WEED, noun [sea and weed.] A marine plant of the genus Fucus, used as manure, and for glass and soap. A common name for the marine algae, and some other plants growing in salt water.
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