Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of trampling under the heel; a treading or stamping.
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But I am unable to account satisfactorily for the second hollow within the temple, and immediately around the house of Allah, where the door, according to all historians, formerly on a level with the pavement, and now about seven feet above it, shows the exact amount of depression, which cannot be accounted for simply by calcation.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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