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1. (n.) St. Lawrence
a river in SE Canada, flowing NE from Lake Ontario, forming part of the boundary between New York and Ontario, and emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 760 mi. (1225 km) long.
2. St. Lawrence
Gulf of, an arm of the Atlantic between SE Canada and Newfoundland.
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1. (noun) Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
2. (noun) Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River
a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic
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1. st. lawrence
one of the great rivers of North America; issues in a noble stream from Lake Ontario, and flowing due NE. discharges into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, forming a broad estuary; is 750 m. long and from 1 to 4 m. broad; the scenery in parts is very grand, notably in the expansion—the Lake of the Thousand Isles; is navigable for large steamers as far as Montreal: the Ottawa is its chief tributary; in winter navigation is suspended on account of the ice.
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