- a variation of wadi.
wady
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The officer nearest the wady fell from his horse; several saddles in the column behind were emptied; and there ensued a scene of wild confusion.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
The wady to the north of the town was now a raging torrent, he informed them.
From The Valley of the Kings by Pickthall, Marmaduke William
When the launch had run some ten miles along the wady eastward, one of the mounted Arabs on the bank announced that they had reached the spot where it was necessary to land.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
Even this wady is known to few, for it lies altogether beyond the track of caravans.
From The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition by Nash, Joseph
There was no doubt that their intention was to convey the aeroplane to the wady, which had an embankment wide enough to allow the passage of the machine.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
A British protectorate since 1839, Aden is a sun-scorched moonscape of thrusting volcanic mountains and rock-strewn wadies.
From Time Magazine Archive
To trap even more water, the Naba-taeans built good-sized stone dams across the larger wadies; they cut channels along hilltops to divert water to fields that could use it best.
From Time Magazine Archive
It does not sink into the hard ground; it pours into the dry wadies, sometimes foaming all the way to the Mediterranean.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a plateau covered with scattered scrub and occasional boulders, and here & there it is cut by dry streambeds called wadies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Retiring into shadow were the darker outlines of the surrounding circle of hills, rived by intervals of black night where wadies entered.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.
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