Thesaurus / compacted
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They say that boats (of reeds) are woven,502 which, when besmeared with asphaltus, are firmly compacted.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO, VOLUME III (OF 3)STRABOBefore June tenth he had compacted in and about Vienna an army of two hundred and forty thousand men.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANEHe claimed afterward that he had compacted a sort of speech into a single German sentence of eighteen words.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEDuring the previous night long consultations had been held, and the French divisions to the south had been slightly compacted.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANEIt is so compacted as to receive the heat best, and because it should mitigate the coldness of the brain.
THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERANONYMOUSThe outer moulding of the central circle is composed of closely compacted trefoils, that of the others has the wave ornament.
THE NEW GUIDE TO PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRALGEORGE S. PHILLIPSIt would not do to allow the enemy to see, over the crest of the hill, our compacted troops at the head of the bridge.
WHO GOES THERE?BLACKWOOD KETCHAM BENSONCryptonemiace—Frond more or less cartilaginous, composed of numerous jointed threads compacted by gelatine.
THE SEA SHOREWILLIAM S. FURNEAUXIn the narrow habitable belt were compacted the teeming millions of earth's peoples.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, JULY, 1931VARIOUSThere is no reason to doubt, therefore, that shale is merely compacted silt and mud—the sediment deposited by water.
GEOLOGYJAMES GEIKIEWORDS RELATED TO COMPACTED
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