See Also: Old Point Comfort(encyclopedia)
comfort(1)(dictionary)
AID AND COMFORT(law)
comfort(2)(dictionary)
Comfort Air(tourism)
cold comfort(dictionary)
comfort 2, verb(dictionary)
Comfort Inn Heathrow(tourism)
Comfort letter(money)
comfort zone(dictionary)

murre (iou) and Old Point Comfort (sh)


murre (iou)



murre noun. Now chiefly N. Amer. L16.
[Origin unkn.]
A guillemot, an auk.
common murre N. Amer. the common guillemot, Uria aalge. thick-billed murre N. Amer. Brunnich's guillemot, U. lomvia.

Old Point Comfort (sh)




Historic point and part of the city of Hampton, southeastern Virginia, U.S. It is located at the entrance to Hampton Roads, opposite Norfolk.

Named by the colonists of Jamestown in 1607, it has been the site of fortifications, including Fort George and Fort Monroe, since 1609. The latter was a Union base during the American Civil War. It was a popular seaside resort in the 19th and early 20th centuries.