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Definition of Crevasses
1. crevasse [v] - See also: crevasse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crevasses
Literary usage of Crevasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe by Elisée Reclus (1873)
"Thus fissures, or crevasses, are produced in the thickness of the apparently
motionless ... Most of the crevasses in a glacier are found near the sides, ..."
2. The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents, an by John Tyndall (1861)
"The crevasses are sometimes very deep and numerous, and apparently without law
or order in their distribution. They cut the ice into long ridges, ..."
3. Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828 by Basil Hall (1829)
"These crevasses cut their way through the hanks with so much ease, ... Water-rats
infest these banks, and it is said, that many crevasses have been caused ..."
4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1844)
"Observations upon the Crevasses.—At first sight it appears strange that the ...
The crevasses, as every one admits, are the result of an internal tension. ..."
5. Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers: Now First Collected and by James David Forbes (1859)
"... the general convexity of the crevasses upwards, notwithstanding the excess of
motion in the centre ; the general vertically of the crevasses, ..."
6. Glaciers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and by Israel Cook Russell (1904)
"The depth of the crevasses could seldom be determined, as the irregularities of
... The crevasses were frequently partially concealed by arches of snow, ..."
7. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"9 is beautifully shown the opening of crevasses on the margin of a glacier, ...
Then chasms appear of MARGINAL Crevasses. depths, and gigantic blocks of ice ..."
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