ocean-lore

alternative ocean lore

1. uncountableThe teaching, knowledge, study, or science of the ocean.

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

   1862, The Living Age, volume 74

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   [...] 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.

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

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

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

   Synonyms: sealore