ocean-lore

See also: ocean lore

English

Alternative forms

• ocean lore

Etymology

From ocean +‎ lore.

Noun

ocean-lore (uncountable)

1. The teaching, knowledge, study, or science of the ocean.
   • 1862, The Living Age, volume 74:

     The tide-waves, whispering evermore To rocks and sands the ocean-lore.

   • 1892, George Francis Savage-Armstrong, A Garland from Greece - Page 40:

     [...] soul she brought Strange gifts from the great deep ; and more and more She seemed to love him, and with rapture taught The treasured secrets of her ocean-lore; Till earthy fancies in his heart of clay Began at last to move with sterner sway.

   • 1919, Clara Catherine Prince, American Poetry Magazine - Page 130:

     Faintly above the ocean's roar Mermaids are ringing phantom bells, Fragments of buried ocean-lore Echo in hearts of singing-shells.

Synonyms

• sealore