acclivity

• This acclivity is neither a cote , as the French call them, nor a hill-side, nor yet a mountain, but a region. —  A Residence in France
• Seeking this gentle acclivity, they began to ascend it with alacrity, trusting to find at the top one of those elevated plains which prevail among the Rocky Mountains. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
• In general the acclivity is made up of precipices arranged one above another, some of which are a hundred and fifty feet high In one of the niches or recesses formed by one of these precipices, in the cavern of Kickapoo creek, which is a tributary of the Wisconsan, there is a gigantic mass of stone presenting the appearance of a human figure. —  Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)
• Thinking it barely possible that it might fall to the ground, I sent Palmleaf with Guard round where the acclivity was not so great, to look for it. —  Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'
• This portion of the glen is bordered on the west by continuous hills rising abruptly in a uniformly steep acclivity, and passing above into a perpendicular range of precipices, the whole covered with a scanty verdure sprouted with heath. —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

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