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DALLES
Etymology
Proper noun
The Dalles
A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
Anagrams
• Edsall, ladles
Etymology
Noun
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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