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Definition of Chasms
1. chasm [n] - See also: chasm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasms
| chasings chasm chasma chasmal chasmata chasmed chasmic chasmically chasmier chasmiest | chasmlike chasmogamous chasmogamy chasmophyte chasmophytes chasms (current term) chasmy |
Literary usage of Chasms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mexico, Landscapes and Popular Sketches by Christian Sartorius, Thomas Gaspey, Johann Moritz Rugendas (1859)
"A great part of the east coast is so rent by chasms, mostly directing their ...
Many of these chasms may have been formed when the country was convulsed by ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"THE chasms OF THE COLORADO. BY A. HYATT. IN Niagara we readily realize the power
of demolition attributed to its waters. The Fall is still receding, ..."
3. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"MORTON'S RETURN—HIS NARRATIVE—PEABODY BAY—THROUGH THE BERGS — BRIDGING THE chasms —
THE WEST LAND THE DOGS IN FRIGHT OPEN WATER THE ICE-FOOT THE POLAR TIDES ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Alarm—An Interruption—A Rival Band—Phenomena of Snake River Plain—Vast Clefts
and chasms—Ingulfed Streams—Sublime Scenery—A Grand Buffalo Hunt. ..."
5. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1898)
"... Great Slope—Mountain Dells and chasms—Crystal Lakes—Ascent of a Snowy Peak—Sublime
Prospect —A Panorama—" Les Digues de Pitie," or Wild Men of the ..."
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