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Definition of Silted
1. silt [v] - See also: silt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silted
Literary usage of Silted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... silted up at its mouth, the tide is felt for only a few miles. In the rains,
the current is very rapid. Its chief tributaries are the Pin or ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... only a commercial town; its money was coined until the time of the later
Empire; but its harbour gradually silted up and the inhabitants abandoned it. ..."
3. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Including the by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"... an arm of the sea, which at one time extended far inland, bat has been silted
up since the loth century. 3. From Ostend to Brussels via Bruges and Ghent ..."
4. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"... lying in roek-bound basins— Origin of rock-basins discussed—Ramsay's
theory—Sea-lochs—Submarine rock-basins—Their glacial origin—silted-up rock-basins. ..."
5. The Great Ice Age: And Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1874)
"silted-up rock-basins. TV/IIEN we glance at a good map of Scotland,* one of the
first appearances to catch the eye is the wonderful profusion of lakes. ..."
6. Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative by Joshua Trimmer (1841)
"silted-up Estuaries. Our eastern coast affords several examples of the increase
of land thus formed. The strait which separated the Isle of Thanet from the ..."
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