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gully1, gulley 1. a channel or small valley, esp one cut by heavy rainwater 2. NZ a small bush-clad valley 3. a deep, wide fissure between two buttresses in a mountain face, sometimes containing a stream or scree 4. Cricket a. a fielding position between the slips and point b. a fielder in this position 5. either of the two channels at the side of a tenpin bowling lane gully2 Scot a large knife, such as a butcher's knife gully [′gəl·ē] (geography) A narrow ravine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One inhabited a deep pond, far removed from public view; the other lived in a gully containing little water, and traversed by a country road. This declivity swept down a couple of hundred feet, into a gully which curved around and ended at a precipice eight hundred feet high, overlooking a glacier. So the old Nome climbed the foothills and trudged along the wild mountain paths until he came to a big gully that encircled the Mountain of Phantastico and marked the boundary line of the dominion of the Phanfasms. |
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