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Definition of Acclivities
1. acclivity [n] - See also: acclivity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acclivities
Literary usage of Acclivities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"... or more generally their stock of a small and beautiful breed of cattle, feeding
on the green herbage that coated the steep acclivities everywhere. ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... LODGE is situated on one of the boldest acclivities of the Chiltern range.
A thick mantle of beech envelopes the surrounding heights; and the whole ..."
3. History of Roman Literature: From It's Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1823)
"... extended in vast tracts, and produced a profusion of fruits of every species,
while on the acclivities, where the skirts of the mountains began to break ..."
4. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1889)
"The numerous valleys that separate the heights of this shire, are generally
confined to a narrow space by the acclivities on either side. ..."
5. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1898)
"The landscape is particularly beautiful; far behind the orchard-clad acclivities
which fringe the town, rises the purple or snow-robed Sierra C M. lia. i . ..."
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