INLET
NOUNS
► CHEEK the outer part of an arm or inlet of the sea → a1475 obs.
► CUT a creek or inlet → 1630
► EEL RUT a small inlet partially drained at low tide → 1908 Amer. dial.
► GURNET an ocean inlet or cove → 1890 Amer. dial.
► HAUL a small inlet or recess into which boats from the beach are drawn up for safety → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAND-FEATHER a bay or inlet → c1582 obs.
► MINN a mouth, inlet or arm of the sea; a deep hollow in the bottom of the sea; a bay or gulf the water of which is deeper than that of the sea outside it → 1897 Sc.
► VENT a creek or inlet → 1604 obs.
► VOE an inlet of the sea; a deep bay or long creek; a fjord → 1733 Sc.
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