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BUTTES
Noun
buttes
plural of butte
Source: Wiktionary
BUTTE
Butte, n. Etym: [F. See Butt a bound.]
Definition: A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region. The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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