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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loess  \Loess\,  n.  [G.  l["o]ss.]  (Geol.) 
  A  quaternary  deposit,  usually  consisting  of  a  fine  yellowish 
  earth,  on  the  banks  of  the  Rhine  and  other  large  rivers. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  loess 
  n  :  a  fine-grained  unstratified  accumulation  of  clay  and  silt 
  deposited  by  the  wind 




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