channel

Definitions

1. 1.The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
2. 2.(Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
3. 3.That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging channels. Dalton. At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. Burke.
4. 4.A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
5. 5.pl. Etym: [Cf. Chain wales.] (Naut.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythrops Novæhollandiæ. -- Channel goose. (Zoöl.) See Gannet.
6. 6.To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. No more shall trenching war channel her fields. Shak.
7. 7.To course through or over, as in a channel. Cowper.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels called?
• What is a strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel called?
• What is a gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column called?
• What is to form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. No more shall trenching war channel her fields. Shak called?
• What is to course through or over, as in a channel. Cowper called?