Maritime

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maritime \Mar"i*time\ (m[a^]r"[i^]*t[imac]m, formerly
     m[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]m; 277), a. [L. maritimus, fr. mare the sea:
     cf. F. maritime. See {Mere} a pool.]
     1. Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with
        the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and
        commerce or a navy; as, maritime states. "A maritime


        town." --Addison.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to
        navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce
        by sea. "Maritime service." --Sir H. Wotton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Maritime law}. See {Law}.
  
     {Maritime loan}, a loan secured by bottomry or respodentia
        bonds.
  
     {Martime nations}, nations having seaports, and using the sea
        more or less for war or commerce.
        [1913 Webster] Maritime provinces

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maritime
       adj 1: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or
              seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine
              insurance" [syn: {nautical}, {marine}]
       2: bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the
          sea; "a maritime province"; "maritime farmers"; "maritime
          cultures"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "maritime":
     bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine,
     nautical, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic, oceanographic,
     pelagic, salty, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous,
     thalassic, water-borne