Osar

ahd-5
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as asar, pl. of as, os.
  • Same as os. A ridge of glacial debris of considerable longitudinal extent, showing rough water-stratification: same as eskar. Also called serpent-kame.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. See 3d os.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An esker.
  • Word Usage
    "In this way there arise at places where the _cabook_ stratum has again been broken up and washed away by currents of water, formations which are so bewilderingly like the ridges (_osar_) and hills with erratic blocks in Sweden and Finland that I was astonished when I saw them."
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    os