What is a bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands called?
inlet — A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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