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  • 11Valley piece — Valley Val ley, n.; pl. {Valleys}. [OE. vale, valeie, OF. val[ e]e, valede, F. vall[ e]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See {Vale}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of… …

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  • 12Valley rafter — Valley Val ley, n.; pl. {Valleys}. [OE. vale, valeie, OF. val[ e]e, valede, F. vall[ e]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See {Vale}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of… …

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  • 13Valley roof — Valley Val ley, n.; pl. {Valleys}. [OE. vale, valeie, OF. val[ e]e, valede, F. vall[ e]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See {Vale}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of… …

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  • 14valley — [n] hollow in the land basin, bottom, canyon, channel, coulee, dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, gorge, lowland, notch, plain, swale, trough, vale; concepts 509,513 …

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  • 15Valley — In geology, a valley (also called a vale, dale, glen or strath and near or in Appalachia, a draw) is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge. The terms U shaped and V shaped… …

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  • 16bottom — bot|tom1 W3S1 [ˈbɔtəm US ˈba: ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(lowest part)¦ 2¦(lowest side)¦ 3¦(lowest inner part)¦ 4¦(lowest social position/rank)¦ 5¦(ocean/river)¦ 6¦(body)¦ 7¦(clothes)¦ 8¦(furthest part)¦ 9 get to the bottom of something …

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  • 17bottom — 1 noun 1 LOWEST PART the lowest part of something: the bottom: From the bottom the skyscraper looked as if it touched the clouds. (+ of): Hold the bottom of the pole and keep it upright. | at the bottom: Go downstairs and wait for me at the… …

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  • 18bottom — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lowest part of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ false ▪ a case with a false bottom VERB + BOTTOM ▪ arrive at, fall to, get to, reach …

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  • 19Valley of the Kings — The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban el Muluk ; Gates of the King ) [Reeves and Wilkinson (1996), p.6] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for… …

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  • 20Bottom — This long established surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name from residence in a dell, hollow or broad valley, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century bothm, botm , bottom, depression, the lowest part of a valley. In …

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