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Definition of Ledges
1. ledge [n] - See also: ledge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ledges
Literary usage of Ledges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"The study of the flora of " The ledges " furnishes much opportunity for interesting
research. Besides possessing some of the most beautiful scenery of Iowa ..."
2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Museum of Comparative Zoology, John E. Cadle, Harvard University (1894)
"thickness to conceal the original ledges, and perhaps in many cases to build them
up from a couple of fathoms or so to within the limits of low-water mark. ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"The study of the flora of " The ledges " furnishes much opportunity for interesting
research. Besides possessing some of the most beautiful scenery of Iowa ..."
4. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of by Thomas Curson Hansard (1825)
"One of these ledges is fixed; the other moveable, to admit of putting in and
taking out the plate. In the moveable ledge there are three screws, ..."
5. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"On the trapezoidal frame formed by the mouth-ledge, inner cross ledge and two
parietal ledges is strung a fine chitinous network which is an inward ..."
6. Life History of Our Planet by William Dickey Gunning (1876)
"Detached rocks, having no kinship with ledges below, lie here and there over the
surface of North America, from the polar regions to the latitude of ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"The present course of the river is interrupted by ledges, furnishing water power
that is actively employed at Valley Falls and ..."
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