Bible Dictionaries
Marine

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.

(2):

(a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.

(3):

(a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.

(4):

(a.) A picture representing some marine subject.

(5):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Marine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/marine.html. 1828.