Dover

(dõ'vr,) a seaport of England, co. Kent, 66 m. E. S.E. of London, and facing Calais on the French coast, with which it connects daily, by steamers, has a castle on a lofty headland, so strongly fortified as to make it an almost impregnable fortre . Pop. 27,747.- D. (STRAITS OF.) [L. Fretum Gallicum; Fr. Pas-de-Calais.] Asea-channel which, separating England from France, serves also to connect the English Channel with the North Sea or German Ocean. Its average breadth is 22 m., and it is from 6 to 29 fathoms in depth. Do'ver, in Delaware, a city and seat of justice of Kent co., and C. of the State, on Jones Creek, abt. 5 m. W. of Delaware Bay, and 50 m. S. of Wilmington. Pop. 6,394. -In New Hampshire, a city on the Cocheco river, C. of Str afford co., abt. 68 m. N. of Boston, and the oldest town in the State, having been founded in 1623. It has some important manufactures. Pop. 9,294. [s. 300]