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Definition of Firns
1. firn [n] - See also: firn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firns
Literary usage of Firns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Riyaz̤u-s-salāt̤īn: A History of Bengal by Ghulām Ḥusayn Zaydpūrī, Ghulām Ḥusain (1902)
"... who was hard-pressed by the siege, partially made his submission, and also
nought for peace. firns ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"The peaks do not rise so high above the general level of the glacier firns as to
be comparable with the higher ranges of the Swiss Alj They resemble more ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"KS firns. Perth. flatta. SACRILEGE. — The occupation of the Fairfax Court House,
alternately by the Federal and Confederate forces in Virginia, ..."
4. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Cricket Feats firns.—1000 runs—PE Richardson (Kent). 100 wickets—BR Knight (Essex).
1000 runs and 100 wickets—BR Knight (Essex). 1000 runs— PE Richardson ..."
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