the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Channel
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
(2):
(n.) That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
(3):
(n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
(4):
(v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel.
(5):
(n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
(6):
(v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
(7):
(n.) 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.
(8):
(n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Channel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/channel.html. 1828.
