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Definition of Buttes
1. butte [n] - See also: butte
Literary usage of Buttes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"buttes. The buttes of the region are of two kinds: Volcanic necks and buttes of
... buttes of the monadnock t\pc.—These buttes are all included within the ..."
2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"The rock of the larger laccolith at Two buttes possesses an unusual mineral
composition, and it was subjected to chemical analysis by WF ..."
3. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1908)
"A conspicuous feature of this region is the high buttes which rise from 400 to
... In Billings county there are at least eight buttes which are worthy of ..."
4. The California Scrap-book: A Repository of Useful Information and Select by Oscar Tully Shuck (1869)
"A RAINY DAY IN THE SIERRA buttes. HAD planned to make an ascent of the buttes,
but the morning broke cloudy and rainy, much to my discomfiture, ..."
5. Paris and Its Environs: With Routes from London to Paris, Paris to the Rhine by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (Firm (1874)
"Lea buttes Chaumont. St. Jean Baptiste. The new park of the *buttes ... 234 j on
the Chemin de Fer de Ceinture is also not far from the buttes Chaumont. ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"An abundant summer resident in the groves of the Little Missouri Valley, and
sparingly in the buttes. 78. Colaptes auratus luteus. NORTHERN FLICKER. ..."
7. Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"The traveller is recommended now to take a cab to the Park of buttes-Chaumont,
nearly l'/2 M. distant, and he may also drive thence to the Market of La ..."
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