Definitions for high-sea

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High-Sea is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in high-sea (-aeghhis).

Definitions for high-sea

noun

1. the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
2. Usually, high seas. the open, unenclosed waters of any sea or ocean; common highway. Law. the area within which transactions are subject to court of admiralty jurisdiction.

Origin of high-sea

before 1100; Middle English; Old English hēah-sǣ

Examples for high-sea

It is the high sea, observes Heine, for which no compass has yet been invented.

Did it mean that they were in touch with the high sea Fleet?

For the first days of our voyage we had the wind contrary, but no high sea.

The sea is said to be "on" when boisterous; as, there is a high sea on.

Matrimony, the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

In this twisted manner did the story of high sea navigation reach him.

The high sea had abated in some degree, but it was still bad.

He has the savagery of the virgin forest; he has the intoxication of the high sea.

Jump off a ship on the high sea with an iron ball on your feet!

There was a fresh breeze from the north-east and a high sea.