Definition of "sea-puss" []

• Same as sea-purse, 2. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Shortly afterward we heard the mewing of a sea-puss, evidently chasing the robin."
• "This is the work of the sea-puss -- the revolving maniac born of close-wed wind and tide;"
• "If these be as fine as mud, so that they may float in the water, they are readily borne away by the currents which are always created along a storm-swept shore, particularly by the undertow or bottom outcurrent -- the "sea-puss," as it is sometimes called -- that sweeps along the bottom from every shore, against which the waves form a surf."