Amesbury

[ eymz-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

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noun

We went over a rather lonely and uninteresting road by the way of Amesbury, which is two miles from Stonehenge.

In one respect it was more fortunate than the neighbouring nunneries at Shaftesbury, Wilton, and Amesbury.

His horse trotted back towards Amesbury, Stephen had twisted him out of the saddle.

First, was there not some village near Stonehenge where you stayed the night, nearer to Stonehenge than Amesbury?

Borrow states in Lavengro that “a young moon gave a feeble light” as he mounted the coach that was to take him to Amesbury.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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