2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] Shak.

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

Shak.

A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold.

Tennyson.

4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a

partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.