(Phys. Geog.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. "Like one that stands upon a promontory."
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"Promontory" Quotes from Famous Books — Twenty-six and One and Other Stories • Maksim Gorky — The Lure of the Mask • Harold MacGrath — London to Ladysmith via Pretoria • Winston Spencer Churchill — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 • Various — The Pearl of Orr's Island - A Story of the Coast of Maine • Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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