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deer as bait. — From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People;
• (knell) – the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral,
( ( )); Who would ring my
funeral knell, and plant the wild rose upon my lonely grave? " — The Forest
King Wild Hunter of the Adaca;
gorge ~ ravine ~ valley : spring : cascade # cataract
• (gorge)- to stuff with food,( , ); The
gluttonous guests gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for
days;
• a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream
runs, ( ); But what makes the site special is the vertigo-
inducing gorge, which is covered with moss and plants;
• (ravine)- a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running
water,( ; ); She was a creature of optimism and she
believed in her friends, but the blank far wall of the ravine was a mighty
pessimistic thing. — Dragon on a Pedestal;
• (valley)- an elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other
uplands, ( ); At the head of the valley are the famous geysers of
California. — Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains;
• (spring)- a small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth;
• (cascade)- a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface, ( );
He preserved unbroken silence until he got nearly opposite the cascade, on
the left of the road, a few leagues from Chambery. — The Memoirs of
Napoleon;
• Electricity. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells,
each of which feeds into the next in succession;
• (cataract)- a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, esp. one of
considerable size, ( ); From the cataract, the river is a
continued rapid, half a mile in width, for about 7 miles. — The Life and
Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock;
• an abnormality of the eye, characterized by opacity of the lens, (
); A little nephew whom she had adopted was suffering from cataract,
and she desired to place him under the care of the famous Düsseldorf oculist.
— Annie Besant An Autobiography;
ford : confluence : arroyo = gully : stream : creek : rivulet : brook {tolerate =
endure > enduring = surviving}
• (ford)- a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be
crossed by wading, ( );