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Meanings of upthrust in anglès

(Geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

Usage of upthrust in anglès
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Beyond the lake a peak upthrust its rocky front into the sky.
The Everlasting Whisper
2
Huge stumps upthrust like beacons in a ruffled harbor, grim, massive butts.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
3
He pointed his finger at a foaming upthrust of tossing water.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
4
The dot at the center is not elongated enough to be considered an upthrust.
The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
5
One stood rigid at the top of an upthrust stone with his arms crossed.
A Day Dark as Night
6
This pattern is a tented arch of the upthrust type.
The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
7
The match burned down, and dropped from his upthrust fingers.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
8
The tented arch is directly beneath the innermost loop, and is of the upthrust type.
The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
9
The two men were still sitting on the logs and leaning lazily against upthrust boughs.
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
10
Mr. Pennypacker leaned with an air of satisfaction against the upthrust bough of a fallen oak.
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
11
Lame Man Bench was a great upthrust block of basalt grown over with scraggly juniper forest.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
12
An upthrust must be an ending ridge.
The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
13
Rectangular, upon their outlines no spike of pyramid, no curve of globe showing, uncompromisingly ponderous, they upthrust.
The Metal Monster
14
His tusks were stained almost black, except at the upthrust tips, where they faded to red-tinted amber.
Forge of Darkness
15
He pressed closer to the swayingly kneeling man, and with upthrust muzzle sought to kiss the blubbering face.
His Dog
16
Sheltered by upthrust teeth of rock, they looked down, sickened, on what the glow of the bonfires revealed.
The darkest road
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