acclivity
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Houses of the poorer sort straggle up its eastern acclivity, while the south and west faces remain as formed by nature, abrupt and precipitous.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
He had been able to see over it, only by standing back upon the sloping acclivity of the counterscarp.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
Instead, her eyes were fixedly bent upon the face of the acclivity opposite—more particularly on a riband of road that went winding up through woods from Drybrook to the “Wilderness.”
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
Passing through a toll-gate I ascended an acclivity, from the top of which I obtained p. 604a full view of the castle, looking stern, dark, and majestic.
From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry
From the ridge of this acclivity we could watch the cloud shadows, violet and purple, sweeping over wide moors, and by their subtle contrasts bringing out the soft shimmering of the distant sunlight.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin
Vocabulary lists containing acclivity
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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"A Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Return of the Native
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