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Moraine
Pronunciation : Mo*raine"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. m?rbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi, AS. mearu tender, Gr. mla to relax.] (Geol.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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