Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, a term introduced by E. Suess to denote areas of the earth's surface which have acquired immobility and have served as buttresses against which surrounding areas have been pressed and dislocated in the general rupture and subsidence of the terrestrial crust.
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- noun a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
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Examples
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Shannon Horst is a co-founder of the U. S-based Savory Institute, a non-governmental organization that works to restore grasslands and biodiversity around the world.
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Stacey Horst is a news anchor in Raliegh, NC, and I don’t know about Kerri McCuone.
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But before that, Angela Merkel did the reverse, calling Horst Köhler back from the IMF before his term had ended in order to gain the political advantage of making him president of Germany.
Europe Should Slacken Influence Over IMF Job Paul Hannon 2011
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So this illustrious ruler died in his castle that is called Horst, not far from Utrecht, and his body was brought by a seemly train of followers to the church at Utrecht where his predecessors were buried, and there in company with the other bishops in an honoured tomb upon the right side of the choir he doth rest in peace.
The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes �� Kempis Thomas
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Based in California, she pioneered the use of natural light in fashion photography, using it to highlight contrasts in her black-and-white work, which became highly influential to photographers such as Horst and Richard Avedon.
Twelve Undervalued Photographers Courtesy International Center... 2006
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"Horst" Carlin-style gold target area, at a one-time cost of US$5000.
unknown title 2009
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Horst Janssen, a German painter who is not very well known in America.
Yasmine Mohseni: Beyond the White Cube: Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio Yasmine Mohseni 2011
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Horst Janssen, a German painter who is not very well known in America.
Yasmine Mohseni: Beyond the White Cube: Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio Yasmine Mohseni 2011
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During his months in the Cambodian jungle, Horst had taught him an enormous amount, but this was going to be a lot trickier than defusing some aging Soviet antitank mine.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Horst Janssen, a German painter who is not very well known in America.
Yasmine Mohseni: Beyond the White Cube: Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio Yasmine Mohseni 2011
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