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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ness  \Ness\,  n.  [AS.  n[ae]s,  ns  akin  to  Icel.  nes,  Sw  n["a]s, 
  Dan.  n[ae]s,  and  E.  nose.  [root]  261.  See  {Nose}.] 
  A  promontory;  a  cape;  a  headland.  --Hakluyt. 
 
  Note:  Ness  is  frequently  used  as  a  suffix  in  the  names  of 
  places  and  promontories;  as  Sheerness 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  -ness  \-ness\  [AS.  -ness,  -nyss,  -nys;  akin  to  OS  -nissi, 
  nussi,  D.  -nis,  OHG.  -nissa,  -nass[=i],  -nuss[=i],  G.  -nis, 
  -niss,  Goth.  -inasus.] 
  A  suffix  used  to  form  abstract  nouns  expressive  of  quality  or 
  state;  as  goodness,  greatness. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ness 
  n  :  a  strip  of  land  projecting  into  a  body  of  water  [syn:  {cape}] 




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