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coomb, combe, coombe, comb [kuːm] n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Chiefly Southern English a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas 2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Chiefly Northern English another name for a cirque [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Yet, I feel, If someone said on Christmas Eve, "Come, see the oxen kneel In the lonely barton by yonder coomb Our childhood used to know," I should go with him in the gloom, Hoping it might be so. Exploration activities continued to assess regional geochemical and geophysical anomalies, particularly the Coomb Bore Prospect about 3km north-east of the Lords gold deposits on the eastern margin of the Sandstone Greenstone Belt. |
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