Continent /(?)/

Con·ti·nent

Continent

a.
  1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.]
  2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
    Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.
  3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
    My past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy.
  4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.]
    The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast.
    — Berrewood.

Continent

n.
  1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
    The smaller continent which we call a pipkin.
    — Bp. Kennet.
  2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America. (Phys. Geog.)

Phrases & Compounds
The Continent
the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.