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"And I know, like that," cried Saxe, pointing to a deep-looking jagged rift, extending right across the ice-torrent: "that makes a crevasse."
The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps George Manville Fenn 1870
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They began to descend the great ice-torrent in solemn silence; but before they had gone fifty yards Saxe stopped short, darted a wild, apologetic look at Dale, and began to run back toward the crevasse.
The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps George Manville Fenn 1870
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The spot where the hut of Peegwish had stood was by that time deep below the surface of the ice-torrent.
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a torrent, -- wind, rain, ice-torrent, and water-torrent in one grand symphony.
Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876
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