What is a portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico called?
gulf — (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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