Saint Lawrence
n 1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police
to give up the Church's treasure and when he responded
by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to
death on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: {Lawrence}, {St.
Lawrence}, {Laurentius}]
2: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint
Lawrence and the North Atlantic [syn: {Saint Lawrence
River}, {St. Lawrence}, {St. Lawrence River}]