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Definition of Lough

1. Noun. A long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland.

Definition of Lough

1. n. A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Definition of Lough

1. Noun. A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lough

1. a lake [n -S] - See also: lake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lough

Literary usage of Lough

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Bond & Share Society, New Hampshire Dental Society, American Wine Society, Manning Valley Historical Society (1913)
"About four miles north of lough Gur there is a large stone circle surrounding the ... I have heard a folk tale at lough Gur concerning the Buachaill of ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"Abundant in various parts of the lough in 10 to 15 fathoms. Rare outside in 20 fathoms. ... Plentiful in lough and Channel, in 10 to 20 fathoms. i albida. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The principal inlets are—on the east coast Belfast lough, Strangford lough, Carlingford lough, Dundalk Bay, Dublin Bay, and Wexford Harbour; ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"PATRICK'S, lough Derg, Ireland. This celebrated sanctuary in Donegal, in the Diocese of Clogher, dates from the days of St. Patrick, but it is also known as ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1874)
"Taken in connexion with the Lower lough (to which modern map-makers restrict the name of lough Foyle), the whole expanse of water presented the form of an ..."

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