aiguille

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The larger masses of the whole aiguille, and true contour of this horn, are carefully given in plate 30, Fig.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

On the 15th, about midday, we arrived upon the summit of the aiguille, and found that we had actually been within one hundred feet of it when we turned back upon the first attempt.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

The hollow in the heart of the aiguille is as smooth and sweeping in curve as the cavity of a vast bivalve shell.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

Next, to the left, comes the largest of the buttresses of which I have spoken, almost forming an aiguille in itself.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

Constantly I have been alone on the Glacier des Bois—and far among the loneliest aiguille recesses.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)