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Definition of Gullies
1. gully [v] - See also: gully
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gullies
Literary usage of Gullies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"Ambiguities in Geomorphic Interpretation: Martian gullies Geomorphic analysis
has an important shortcoming as a potential indicator of the present ..."
2. Sanitary Engineering: A Guide to the Construction of Works of Sewerage and by Baldwin Latham (1878)
"gullies and traps bear close relation. Necessity for caution in use of traps.
... gullies AND TRAPS. A GULLY is an opening provided for receiving surface or ..."
3. Plumbing and Household Sanitation by John Pickering Putnam (1911)
"Until such time, however, street gullies and sediment traps will be used, ...
"gullies are liable to fail in times of frost, especially in very cold ..."
4. Sanitary Engineering: A Series of Lectures Given Before the School of by John Bailey Denton (1877)
"The provision of gullies, in proper positions, through •which the surface waters
... The gullies now in use differ in their distinguishing features in two ..."
5. Sanitary House Drainage: Its Principles and Practice : a Handbook for the by Thomas Everitt Coleman (1896)
"SURFACE gullies. BEFORE selecting a surface gully for any particular situation,
it is necessary to know ... All gullies receiving storm water only should be ..."
6. Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years by Henry William Haygarth (1861)
"An Invitation—Expedition in Pursuit of Stray Cattle—Amos the Native— A day in
the gullies—Australian Night Scene—Tracking a Wild Herd —The ..."
7. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1898)
"... The Plain of White Clay — Hot Springs — The Beer Spring — Departure to Seek
the Free Trappers— Plain of Portneuf— Lava — Chasms and gullies ..."
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