lough
lough is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
- 2.of Laugh. Chaucer. LOUIS D'OR Lou"is d'or`. Etym: [F., gold louis.] Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arm
- armlet
- artesian
- bay
- bayou
- belt
- bight
- broad
- continental
- cove
- covered
- creek
- dam
- dead
- dike
- ditch
- dyke
- estuary
- fiord
- firth
- fish
- frith
- gulf
- gulph
- gut
- harbor
- hog
- indraught
- inlet
- lacustrine
- lagoon
- lagune
- lake
- land
- lin
- loch
- mere
- mill
- mouth
- natural
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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