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Gulf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A recess in the ocean from the general line of the shore into the land, or a tract of water extending from the ocean or a sea into the land, between two points or promontories; a large bay; as the gulf of Mexico; the gulf of Venice; the gulf of Finland. A gulf and a bay differ only in extent. We apply bay to a large or small recess of the sea, as the bay of Biscay, the bay of Fundy; but gulf is applied only to a large extent of water.

2. An abyss; a deep place in the earth; as the gulf of Avernus.

3. A whirlpool; an absorbing eddy.

4. Any thing insatiable.

Gulf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

2. That which swallows; the gullet.

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

4. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

5. A large deposit of ore in a lode.

Gulf stream Encyclopedia Britannica

GULF STREAM. See Atlantic.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 11, p. 274
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Gulf-indented [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Indented with gulfs or bays.

Gulfy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Full of whirlpools or gulfs; as a gulfy sea.

Gulfy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of whirlpools or gulfs.