horst

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By Jay Kanta, 3-12-09 horst: how were you able to decipher his post?

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  1. noun A mass of the earth's crust that lies between two faults and is higher than the surrounding land.

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  • The Sundance Kid's Lady: Gerald Kolpan's "Etta" (1 Comment) horst said: "Sounds like something E. L. Doctorow might have dreamt up ..." —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
  • The Iramba Plateau is a horst (uplifted block of crust) within the East African rift system. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Idaho - Where barefoot and pregnant are still enduring qualities By horst, 4-13-09 —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
  • By Jay Kanta, 3-12-09 horst: how were you able to decipher his post? —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
  • Hansandfranz was founded in 2006 and is situated in Munich, Germany. there, designers konstantin landuris and horst wittmann, born 1979 and 1980 in Munich, work on solutions for objects and spaces. —  Muti
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  1. German, from Middle High German hurst, thicket, from Old High German.

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  1. G. horst, a wood, grove, thicket, high nest, aery, retreat, also sandbank, sandy islet.
 

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