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Sea mile   /si maɪl/   Listen
Sea mile

noun
1.
A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters).  Synonym: mile.





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"Sea mile" Quotes from Famous Books



... can do so no more. But I am not, for well I know what the trouble must be, and I would have you think no more of it. The good ship has saved us all, and so her work is done, and well done. Never, if she sailed many a long sea mile with you, would anything be worth telling of her besides this. And the burden of common things would surely be all unmeet for her after ...
— Havelok The Dane - A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln • Charles Whistler


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