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promontory |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Promontory \Prom"on*to*ry\, n.; pl {Promontories}. [ L. promonturium promunturium pro before + mons, montis, mountain: cf F. promontoire See {Mount}, n.] 1. (Phys. Geog.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. --Shak. 2. (Anat.) A projecting part Especially: a The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. b A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doubling \Dou"bling\, n. 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also that which is doubled. 2. A turning and winding; as the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden. 3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon. 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. {Doubling a cape}, {promontory}, etc (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: promontory n : a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that just out into the sea) [syn: {headland}, {foreland}]
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