What does sea-locked mean?
Sea-locked means Alternative form of sealocked..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of sealocked..
[John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium for speculation or investment in these works of art.
She was surprised to see what rapid advance the waves had made, but there was still a narrow belt of dry sand; she stepped along it, expecting to find broad open coast beyond; she found herself, however, only in another cove, smaller than the one she had first entered, and this cove was already completely sea-locked.
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Sea-locked means Alternative form of sealocked..
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[John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium for speculation or investment in these works of art.
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