haliography

haliography
haliˈography Obs.
[f. Gr. ἅλς, ἁλι- sea + -γραϕια writing.]
A description of the sea (Blount Glossogr. 1656). So haliˈographer, a describer of the sea (Bailey vol. II. 1727).

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  • Haliography — Ha li*og ra*phy ( f[y^]), n. [Gr. a ls the sea + graphy.] Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • haliography — A description of the sea …   Grandiloquent dictionary

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