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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section II. Inorganic Matter
2. Fluid Matter
2. Specific Fluids

343. Gulf. Lake.

   NOUN:GULF, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U. S.], fiord, armlet; frith or firth, ostiary [obs.], mouth; lagoon or lagune; indraft or indraught [obs.], cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyle [Scot.].
  LAKE, loch [Scot.], lough, [Ir.], mere, tarn, plash, broad [Eng.], pond, pool, sump [Scot. or dial. Eng.], slab [dial.], linn or lin [Scot.], tank, puddle, well, artesian well; standing -, dead -, sheet of- water; fish -, mill- pond; ditch, dike or dyke, dam, race, mill race; reservoir (store) [See Store]; alberca [Sp. Amer.], hog wallow, buffalo wallow.
   ADJECTIVE:LACUSTRINE, lacustral.