a strip of land projecting into a body of water

A promontory; a cape; a headland.

A promontory or headland.

A suffix added to adjectives and participles to form nouns expressing quality.

A promontory or cape.

In geog., any promontory or sudden projection of land into the sea- common as a postfix in names of places and capes- as Shoeburyness, Fifeness, Dungeness.

This tour, taken when their minds were alive to the sublimities and beauties of the scenery, and when their poetic eye threw its young glance upon each filament of the drapery that song and story have spread over every spot between Tweed- dale and Loch Ness, gave form and color to all the subsequent writings of the Howitts. – Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton

He saw in her face a wondering sorrow, a pathetic submissive- ness to an unexpected disappointment, like the look in the face of a dog struck suddenly by the hand of a friend. – Hyacinth 1906 by George A. Birmingham

This he found or made for himself in the face of the cliff of Ness. – Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Sabine Baring-Gould

Scarce had she time to wonder if the boat would obey her spell ere it began to stir beneath her, and then glided out into the lake and took its way over the summer ripple, going betwixt Green Eyot and the mainland, as if to weather the western ness of the eyot: and it went not a stonecast from the shore of the said mainland. – The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris

The termination ness is expressive of the place being built on a point of land which projects into the sea. – The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1 by William Finden

The foundation fact, of course, is to know that I Am; but immediately on this consciousness there follows the desire for Activity- I want to enjoy my I Am- ness by doing something with it. – The Creative Process in the Individual by Thomas Troward

Recognize him for his full worthless- ness, call him by his right name, and move off. – As a Matter of Course by Annie Payson Call

Frank spent all of his free time on Van Ness Avenue after that. – The Love of Frank Nineteen by David Carpenter Knight

If she did not know the one- woman- ness of his feeling for her, then the time had not come to tell her. – Lonesome Town by Ethel and James Dorrance

Although De Ruyter himself and his vice- admiral, Van Ness, fought obstinately, their ships in general, commanded, for the most part, by men chosen for their family influence rather than for either seamanship or courage, behaved but badly, and all but seven gradually withdrew from the fight, and went off under all sail; and De Ruyter, finding himself thus deserted, was forced also to draw off. – When London Burned by G. A. Henty

Emily Bronte not only breathes life into tenderness, loyalty, and love, but into hatred and wickedness also; nay, into the very fiercest revengeful ness, the most deliberate perfidy; nor does she deem it incumbent upon her to pardon, for pardon implies only incomplete comprehension. – Wisdom and Destiny by Maurice Maeterlinck

Although Patty liked the Van Ness girls in a way, she was rather relieved to find that they were not going to the same hotel. – Patty in Paris by Carolyn Wells

Later he went to the First Presbyterian Church in Van Ness avenue, and in 1874 he was organist for St. John's Church in Post street, Dr. Scott, pastor. – Sixty Years of California Song by Margaret Blake-Alverson

Mayor Van Ness and others addressed them in efforts to let the law take its course but the crowd which had been swelled into a seething mass, remonstrated, citing the shooting of Marshal Richardson, and demanding Cora, his assassin, that he, too, might be hanged. – California 1849-1913 or the Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in that State. by L. H. Woolley

John Van Ness Yates, son of the late chief justice, and ascertain whether the incident, as reported, was founded on fact. – Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete by Matthew L. Davis

The ordinary person expects ill- ness. – The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

Git out-" " But the fire hasn't crossed Van Ness Avenue. – The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Atherton

For, while Fergus was king of Ulster, he had courted the widow Ness and, in order to win her, promised to abdicate for the term of one year in favour of her son Conchobar. – The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Unknown

Toward the end of January the Van Ness girls came to call. – Patty in Paris by Carolyn Wells

Lance- Corporal Ness, how would you describe it? – The First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay