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Gulf
Gulf Gulf, n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ? bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ?.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. --Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. --Luke xvi. 26. 2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. --Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson. 4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. 5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.

Meaning of Gulf from wikipedia

- major shipping areas, such as the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Finland, and Gulf of Aden. List of gulfs Gregory, George (1816). A Dictionary of...
- The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried...
- Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf (Arabic:...
- states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states (Arabic: دول الخليج العربي) refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven...
- The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent...
- Arabian Gulf may refer to: Persian Gulf, also referred to as the "Gulf of Basra", "Arabian Gulf", or "The Gulf" Persian Gulf naming dispute Arab states...
- The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, and perhaps one of the...
- Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول خلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون...
- Gulf states may refer to: Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Arab...
- Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth largest...