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Definition of Eskars
1. eskar [n] - See also: eskar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eskars
Literary usage of Eskars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Roads and Pavements by Ira Osborn Baker (1918)
"These ridges are generally termed by geologists eskars, and often have a ...
These eskars were doubtless formed in the caves beneath the ice through which ..."
2. American Highways: A Popular Account of Their Conditions, and of the Means by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1896)
"These ridges are generally termed by geologists eskars, and often have a ...
These eskars were doubtless formed in the caves beneath the ice through which ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"... rounded ridges called eskars, which stretch for many miles in nearly a right
line ; or in detached rounded hills, or forming undulating grassy plains. ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1908)
"... in some cases there are cobblestones, boulderites, and even a few boulders,
all distinctly but not very much water-worn. ISOLATED KAMES OR SHORT eskars ..."
5. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1853)
"... of Ireland was entered on all these occasions, but discussed more at large in
a paper by Mr. R. Young, " On the eskars of the Central Part of Ireland. ..."
6. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1912)
"Owing to the partial submergence of some eskars, there are a few islands,
particularly in Gull and Cat lakes—of a second type—to which reference will be ..."
7. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1845)
"... rounded ridges called eskars, which stretch for many miles in nearly a right
line ; or in detached rounded hills, or forming undulating grassy plains. ..."
8. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"... Earth—Age; Earthquakes Erosion; eskars; Evolution; Geological time Glacial
period; Man—Origin and antiquity Metals; Volcanoes. China. ..."
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