Ij

Amsterdam is situated on an arm of this sea, called the Ij, or Eye, as it is pronounced.

Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859

Dixon leaned against the wines Ij 0 again; talking and thinking hurt.

A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988

Ij 'offer no new perceptions, but quickly recapitulate what we all know.

Energy and a Sense of Balance 1981

By means of the Ij, it communicated with the Zuiderzee, the Mediterranean of the Netherlands, and its surface was little above the mean elevation of that of the sea.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

The project for the construction of a ship-canal directly from Amsterdam to the North Sea, now in course of execution, embraces the drainage of the Ij, a nearly land-locked basin communicating with the Zuiderzee and covering more than 12,000 acres.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

Where mud is found at great depths, as, for example, in a large proportion of the Ij, it is a proof that at this point there was never any considerable tidal flow or other current. ...

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

The first operation was to surround the entire lake with a ring-canal and dike, in order to cut off the communication with the Ij, and to exclude the water of the streams and morasses which discharged themselves into it from the land side.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

In various parts of the Ij were seen little pavilions, built upon piers, which are the summer houses of wealthy citizens, who own pleasure-boats, and repair in them to these cosy little temples, to drink wine and coffee and smoke their pipes.

Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859

The project for the construction of a ship-canal directly from Amsterdam to the North Sea, now in course of execution, embraces the drainage of the Ij, a nearly land-locked basin communicating with the Zuiderzee and covering more than 12,000 acres.

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

The first operation was to surround the entire lake with a ring-canal and dike, in order to cut off the communication with the Ij, and to exclude the water of the streams and morasses which discharged themselves into it from the land side.

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841