Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Newfoundland"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Newfoundland \New"found*land`\ (?, often ?), n.
1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for
the fishing grounds in its vicinity.
2. A Newfoundland dog. --Tennyson.
{Newfoundland dog} (Zo["o]l.), a breed of large dogs, with
shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for
intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Newfoundland
n 1: breed of very large heavy usually black dogs developed in
Newfoundland; highly intelligent and vigorous swimmers
[syn: {Newfoundland}]
2: an island in the north Atlantic [syn: {Newfoundland}]
3: a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland; became
Canada's 10th province in 1949 [syn: {Newfoundland}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.