sea light

noun5

1. •
   Light from the sea, either due to reflection off the waves or from bioluminescence.

   • A damp mist filled the room and the musty-coloured books that lined the walls were bathed in eerie sea-light. — 2012
2. •
   Light from the sea.

   • I would lie in bed listening to the tugs hooting; I would wake up to find my painter's great north windows awash with foggy sea light. — 1996
3. •
   A light on the seacoast to warn or guide boats.

   • For the good of man, his father and grandfather planted the high sea-lights upon the Inchcape and the Tyree Coast. — 1999
4. •
   A light on the seacoast to warn or guide boats.

   • As there is a dangerous sand bar at the mouth of the harbor, these lights serve as useful guides, and also as sea lights. (1809.) — 1845
5. •
   Alternative form of sea-light.