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Definition: ESKAR

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Esker": See Eschar.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Eskar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: ESKAR

Domain Definition
Geography A long, narrow, sinuous, steep-sided ridge composed of irregularly stratified sand and gravel that was deposited by a subglacial or supraglacial stream flowing between ice walls, or in an ice tunnel of a retreating glacier, and was left behind when the ice melted. Source: European Union. (references)

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Definition: ESKAR

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Esker": See Eschar.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ESKAR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: ESKAR

DomainDefinition
GeographyA long, narrow, sinuous, steep-sided ridge composed of irregularly stratified sand and gravel that was deposited by a subglacial or supraglacial stream flowing between ice walls, or in an ice tunnel of a retreating glacier, and was left behind when the ice melted. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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