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- noun Plural form of
sandspit .
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Examples
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Such, in fact, seems to be the general origin of these sandspits; beginning as coralline reefs, they have been covered with conglomerates, and converted into terra firma by the rubbish shot out by the
The Land of Midian 2003
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Defended on both sides by sandspits, and open only between the west and the north-west, where reefs and shoals allow but a narrow passage, its breadth across the mouth from east to west measures at least five thousand metres, and the length inland, useful for refuge, is at least three thousand.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The boat on being started from one bank or shingle spit must have fair room to work obliquely to a lower landing place on the opposite side, without running foul of shoals or sandspits, and as the current runs with great rapidity the voyage across is usually three or four times as long as the stream is wide.
Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Robert B. Booth
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_Frisches Haff_ and _Kurisches Haff_ by sandspits or _Nehrungen_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Occasional wooded islands broke the monotony of the river, and were just discernible from the magnificent English roads which skirted the hills high up from the river, and yellow sandspits and big wedges of granite and rock ran far out into its uneven course.
Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926
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We watched for crocodiles sunning themselves on the sandspits, and once or twice thought we saw them some two hundred yards away, but they had always disappeared as we drew nearer.
Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880
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Defended on both sides by sandspits, and open only between the west and the north-west, where reefs and shoals allow but a narrow passage, its breadth across the mouth from east to west measures at least five thousand metres, and the length inland, useful for refuge, is at least three thousand.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Such, in fact, seems to be the general origin of these sandspits; beginning as coralline reefs, they have been covered with conglomerates, and converted into terra firma by the rubbish shot out by the Wady-mouths.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Neighboring countries have had brief naval clashes over reefs and sandspits known as the Spratley Islands, located about 900 km south of China's shores.
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Neighboring countries have had brief naval clashes over reefs and sandspits known as the Spratley Islands, located about 900 km south of China's shores.
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