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moraine

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moraine  \Mo*raine"\,  n.  [F.  Cf  Prov.  G.  mur  stones  broken  off 
  It  mora  a  heap  of  stones,  hillock,  G.  m["u]rbe  soft,  broken 
  up  OHG.  muruwi  AS  mearu  tender,  Gr  ?  to  cause  to  wither, 
  Skr.  ml[=a]  to  relax.]  (Geol.) 
  An  accumulation  of  earth  and  stones  carried  forward  and 
  deposited  by  a  glacier.  --Lyell. 
 
  Note:  If  the  moranie  is  at  the  extremity  of  the  glacier  it  is 
  a  terminal  moranie;  if  at  the  side  a  lateral  moranie; 
  if  parallel  to  the  side  on  the  central  portion  of  the 
  glacier,  a  medial  moranie.  See  Illust.  of  {Glacier}.  In 
  the  last  case  it  is  formed  by  the  union  of  the  lateral 
  moranies  of  the  branches  of  the  glacier.  A  ground 
  moranie  is  one  beneath  the  mass  of  ice. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moraine 
  n  :  accumulated  earth  and  stones  deposited  by  a  glacier 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Moraine,  OH  (city,  FIPS  52010) 
  Location:  39.70390  N,  84.22839  W 
  Population  (1990):  5989  (2420  housing  units) 
  Area:  17.8  sq  km  (land),  0.7  sq  km  (water)




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