stoss
[stohs; German shtohs]
- Geology. noting or pertaining to the side, as of a hill or dale, that receives or has received the thrust of a glacier or other impulse.
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Origin of stoss
1875–80; < German: thrust, push
Stoss
[shtohs]
- Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/, c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
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Stoss is the place, and there's a chapel built on the very spot.
Frederick drew a breath of relief, for she diverted Stoss from his unsavoury theme.
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"Some American youngsters are celebrated for their cheek," Stoss countered.
AtlantisGerhart Hauptmann
Thrusting Stoss and Bulke aside, he landed her safely in the boat.
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"The dead man is dead," said Stoss, now attacking his roast with appetite.
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stoss
- (of the side of a hill, crag, etc) facing the onward flow of a glacier or the direction in which a former glacier flowed
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Word Origin
German, from stossen to thrust
Stoss
- Viet (faɪət). ?1445–1533, German Gothic sculptor and woodcarver. His masterpiece is the high altar in the Church of St Mary, Cracow (1477–89)
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