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The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run. |
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The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where
the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage
for vessels. |
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A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands;
as, the British Channel. |
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That through which anything passes; means of passing,
conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by
different channels. |
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A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. |
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Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside
of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear
of the bulwarks. |
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To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or
channels in; to groove. |
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To course through or over, as in a channel. |
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