† inshotn.
Obsolete.
A piece shooting or projecting inwards; in quot. 1555 applied to a part of the sea running into the land.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea
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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. vii. 155 An inshot of the Sea, called the Bosome of Parthia [Persian Gulf].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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