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See also:ARETE (O. Fr. areste, See also:Lat. arista, See also:ear of See also:corn, See also:fish-See also:bone or spine) , a See also:ridge or See also:sharp edge; a See also:French See also:term used in See also:Switzerland to denote the sharp See also:bayonet-like edge of a See also:mountain (such as the See also:Matterhorn), that slopes steeply upward with two precipitous sides See also:meeting in a See also:long ascending ridge . Hence the word has passed into See also:common use to denote any sharp mountain edge denuded by See also:frost See also:action above the snowline, where the consequent angular ridges give the characteristic " See also:house-roof structure " of these altitudes . |
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