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plural alps
A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe. quotations examples
Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 42, line 529
Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps ariſe!
1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, page 15
There is a great alp of sand, one hundred metres high, between the pines and the ocean, […]
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press
An alpine meadow quotations examples
At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens […]
1942, Marco Pallis, Peaks and Lamas, page 54