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kame
1[ keym ]
noun
, Physical Geography.
- a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
kame
2[ keym ]
noun
, Scot.
kame
/ keɪm /
noun
- an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers
kame
/ kām /
- A small hill or ridge consisting of layers of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream at the margin of a melting glacier.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kame1
C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb
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Example Sentences
I do not think that "the Doctor's redding-kame" now survives 233as a name, even if the original trees be still to the fore.
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Kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.
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In many cases they form irregular groups of hills, and in other cases fairly well defined kame ridges.
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Naturally they thought he was at Mrs. Kame's in Banbury, but she hasn't laid eyes on him.
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I knew her when she first married John Kame, the dearest, simplest man that ever was.
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