See also:

• AVALANCHE (adopted from a French dialectic form, avalance, descent)

AVALANCHE (adopted from a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS

dialectic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, avalance, descent)  , a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow and See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice mingled with See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth and stones, which rushes down a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, carrying everything before it, and producing a strong See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind which uproots trees on each side of its course . Where the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of snow exceeds the loss by evaporation the surplus descends the mountain sides, slowly in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of glaciers, or suddenly in ice-falls or in avalanches . A mass of snow may accumulate upon a steep slope and become compacted into ice by pressure, or remain loosely aggregated . When the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation gives way, owing to the loosening effect of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring rains or from any other cause, the whole mass slides downward . A very small cause will sometimes set a mass of overloaded snow in See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion . See also:

• THUNDER

Thunder or even a loud shout is said to produce this effect when the mass is just poised, and Swiss guides often enjoin See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute silence when See also:

• CROSSING

crossing dangerous spots .