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Promontory. [R.] Drayton.

to the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. Shak.

Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land. Carew.

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped. "Each beaked promontory." Milton.

round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage. Knolles.

The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.

High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. Shak.

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak.

A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]

A promontory; a cape; a headland. Hakluyt.

Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory. There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. Dickens.

Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] Holland.

To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. Chapman. Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl.