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The Dalles
A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
• Edsall, ladles
dalles
(pluralonly) The rapids in a deep, narrow stream confined between the rock walls of a canyon or gorge.
(pluralonly) A steep-sided part of a stream channel, near the dalles proper, marked by clefts, ravines, or gorges.
• Edsall, ladles
Source: Wiktionary
Dalles (dalz), n. pl. [F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough.]
Definition: A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]
The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia. F. H. Balch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itβs also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.