promontory

promontory
    n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
         into the sea) [syn: {promontory}, {headland}, {head},
         {foreland}]
    

Promontory \Prom"on*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Promontories}. [ L.
   promonturium, promunturium; pro before + mons, montis,
   mountain: cf. F. promontoire. See {Mount}, n.]
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   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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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.
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   {Doubling a cape}, {promontory}, etc. (Naut.), sailing around
      or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
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21 Moby Thesaurus words for "promontory":
      beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta,
      foreland, head, headland, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point,
      reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue