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  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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