CREVASSE , a See also:

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

French word used in two senses . (1) In French See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, and thence universally in high 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 regions, it designates a fissure in a See also:

• GLACIER
• GLACIER (adopted from the French; from glace, ice, Lat. glacies)

glacier caused by gigantic cracks in the See also:

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

ice-See also:

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

mass, sometimes of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEPTH

depth, into which climbers frequently fall through a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge 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 which conceals the crevasse . (2) Adopted from the French of See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, it signifies locally a wide crack or See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach in the See also:

• BANK

bank of a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal or See also:

• RIVER

river, and particularly of the " See also:

• LEVEE (from Fr. lever, to raise)
• LEVEE (from the French substantival use of lever, to rise; there is no French substantival use of levee in the English sense)

levee " of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi .