Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Red Sea

The sea of the Red Man —i.e. Edom. Also called the “sedgy sea,” because of the sea-weed which collects there.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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