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Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..

Glen :: Glen (n.) A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

Blind :: Blind (a.) Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut..

Cretinism :: Cretinism (n.) A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps..

Goggle-eye :: Goggle-eye (n.) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes..

Alleys :: Alleys (pl. ) of Alle.

Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..

Debouchure :: Debouchure (n.) The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..

Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..

Cookroom :: Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

Prairie :: Prairie (n.) An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains..

Cliff Limestone :: Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian..

Grain :: Grain (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river.

Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..

Alley :: Alley (n.) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley..

Swale :: Swale (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen..

Ramberge :: Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a kind of large war galley..

Valley :: Valley (n.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle..

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