grot

• All the ways into this grot were then sealed against the entry of water or aught else, all save one. —  The Lord of the Rings
• Street markets start off superb grot, then go posh. —  dummy 3
• I should like to live in a sparry grot, and sleep upon a couch of sweet leaves This interesting discussion was disturbed by a dwarf, who, in addition to being very small and very ugly, was dumb. —  Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
• Buddha forthwith stepped within the fiery grot, and took his seat with dignity and deep reflection; and now the evil Nтga seeing Buddha, belched forth in rage his fiery poison, and filled the place with burning vapor. —  Sacred Books of the East
• But you must remember always that the subject of my lecture is Grots and Groves; that I am speaking not of Gothic architecture in general, but of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture; and more, almost exclusively of the ecclesiastical architecture of the Teutonic or northern nations; because in them, as I think, the resemblance between the temple and the forest reached the fullest exactness Now the original idea of a Christian church was that of a grot--a cave. —  Literary and General Lectures and Essays

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