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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta, foreland, head, headland, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue
Dictionary Results for promontory:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
promontory
    n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
         into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head,
         foreland]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Promontory \Prom"on*to*ry\, n.; pl. Promontories. [ L.
   promonturium, promunturium; pro before + mons, montis,
   mountain: cf. F. promontoire. See Mount, n.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Phys. Geog.) A high point of land or rock projecting into
      the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
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            Like one that stands upon a promontory. --Shak.
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   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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doubling \Dou"bling\, n.
   1. The act of one that doubles; a making double;
      reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
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   2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare;
      shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden.
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   3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or
      escutcheon.
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   4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the
      strength and flavor.
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   5. raising the stakes in a game, such as a card game or
      backgammon, by a factor of 2.

   Syn: double.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around
      or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

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