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Definition of Sowback
1. a hill-ridge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowback
Literary usage of Sowback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. Referring to a ridge of ¡and: spec, chine, arête (French), spine, crest,
bridge, käme or kaim (Scot. & North of Eng.), hogback, sowback (rare), ..."
2. English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, with Statement of by Francis Horace Teall (1892)
"... Southdown southeast southernwood (a tree) southland south=seeking south=southerly
southwest sowback (a ridge of sand) ..."
3. Extracts from the Style Book of the Government Printing Office by Geological Survey (U.S., United States Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, George McLane Wood, Geological Survey (U.S.), United States (1915)
"... -southeast, -southerly, -southwest; the rest one word. southbound (also east
bound, northbound, southbound). southernmost, wood (tree). sowback, bane, ..."
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