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Jura

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Ju´ra
prop. n.1.1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
2.(Geol.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.


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It advanced from behind the mountains of Jura, and the thunder burst at once with frightful loudness from various quarters of the heavens.
After breakfast he strolled forth alone into the village and looked at the fountain, the geese, the open barn doors, the brown, bent old women, showing their hugely darned stocking-heels at the ends of their slowly-clicking sabots, and the beautiful view of snowy Alps and purple Jura at either end of the little street.
This is now a very commonly received opinion; and I cannot still avoid the suspicion that it is applicable even to such cases as that of the Jura.
 
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