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open sea

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open sea [′ō·pən ′sē]
(geography)
That part of the ocean not enclosed by headlands, not within narrow straits, and so on.
That part of the ocean outside the territorial jurisdiction of any country.


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They are drifting nearer and nearer to the open sea.
For, even if the weather be thick, it does not matter much to a ship having all the open sea before her bows.
We had touched at many ports and made much profit, when one day upon the open sea we were caught by a terrible wind which blew us completely out of our reckoning, and lasting for several days finally drove us into harbour on a strange island.
 
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