Definition of Sea-duty

1. Noun. Naval service aboard a ship at sea.

Exact synonyms: Service Abroad, Shipboard Duty
Generic synonyms: Assignment, Duty Assignment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea-duty

sea-anemone
sea-bar
sea-blubber
sea-blue histiocyte
sea-blue histiocyte disease
sea-blue histiocyte syndrome
sea-blue histiocytosis
sea-bow
sea-bows
sea-calf
sea-coal
sea-coast
sea-cow
sea-dog
sea-dogs
sea-duty (current term)
sea-eagle
sea-eagles
sea-ear
sea-ears
sea-floor spreading
sea-front
sea-god
sea-green
sea-gull
sea-hog
sea-lane
sea-lanes
sea-lavender family
sea-lettuce family

Literary usage of Sea-duty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"In the present case it cannot be denied that the officer was assigned to sea duty, and «hat the order of the Department, instead of detaching him therefrom, ..."

2. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1905)
"The first nine Rear-Admirals receive $7,- 500 while on sea duty, ... The second nine receives $5500 on sea duty and $4,(¡75 on shore duty. ..."

3. Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports: U. S. Vols. 1-206. L. Ed by United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court, United States (1908)
"... expressly imposed upon him the continued discharge of his sea duty, and qualified the shore duty as merely temporary and ancillary to such sea duty, ..."

4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1903)
"Number of officers available for sea duty performing shore duty: Jan. 1,1902. Nov. 15,1902. Total on shore 275 26.8 203 19 Of line officers in service. ..."

5. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"... performed by a naval officer in obedience to an order of the Navy Department which expressly imposes upon him the continued discharge of his sea duty, ..."

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