Ness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ness	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ness n a strip of land projecting into a body of water [syn: cape, ness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ness \Ness\, n. [AS. n[91]s, ns; akin to Icel. nes, Sw. n[84]s, Dan. n[91]s, and E. nose. [root] 261. See {Nose}.] A promontory; a cape; a headland. --Hakluyt. Note: Ness is frequently used as a suffix in the names of places and promontories; as, Sheerness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ness \-ness\ [AS. -ness, -nyss, -nys; akin to OS. -nissi, nussi, D. -nis, OHG. -nissa, -nass[c6], -nuss[c6], G. -nis, -niss, Goth. -inasus.] A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.