Promontories

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Promontory \Prom"on*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Promontories}. [ L.
     promonturium, promunturium; pro before + mons, montis,
     mountain: cf. F. promontoire. See {Mount}, n.]
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     1. (Phys. Geog.) A high point of land or rock projecting into
        the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.


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              Like one that stands upon a promontory. --Shak.
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     2. (Anat.) A projecting part. Especially:
        (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum
            where it joins the last lumbar vertebra.
        (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the
            ear.
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