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Noun- A narrow gorge cutting transversely through an otherwise continuous ridge.

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  • Now evryone in Kentucky is not uneducated but th majority have no cluse on the issues at hand.
  • His name was Anton Gabrielli, a wealthy industrialist turned re - cluse, who had rarely been seen in public since his wife died several years ago.
  • Rob said they r going to go see the golden compass, maybe some cluse in trailors, dunno. but al of their myspaces have been visited and commens updates except for Jamie....
  • Even a “re - cluse” like Jeremy Bentham came to care greatly for freedom of association and extending the franchise, as experience taught him that no government would...
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