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▪ I. downthrow (ˈdaʊnθrəʊ) 1. A throwing or being thrown down. rare.1615 Catascopes in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 352 Wars, the canker of estate, Hel's image and al commonweale's down⁓throw. 1891 Times 21 Oct. 5/3 Unable to take his down⁓throw philosophically. 2. Geol. The depression of strata below th...
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upthrow
▪ I. upthrow, n. (ˈʌpθrəʊ) Also 9 up-throe. [up- 2. Cf. next.] 1. Geol. and Mining. An upward dislocation of a stratum or seam.1807 J. Headrick View Arran 66 A high rock, caused by what is called an up-throe of the metals. Ibid., This up-throe running westward, forms a sort of ridge. 1883 [see uplea...
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Loch Chon
This feature coincides with a line of fault that crosses the loch in a north-east and south-west direction, its downthrow being to the south-east. is a small shallow basin, about deep (Loch Dhu), floored by schistose grits, which is traversed by a fault trending north-east and south-west, with a downthrow
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Defeat Synonyms and Antonyms - YourDictionary
Synonyms for DEFEAT: disappointment, failure, loss, downfall, downthrow, best, beat, master, vanquish, conquer; Antonyms for DEFEAT: give up, lose, surrender, yield ...
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Kelsall
They terminate against a short ENE–WSW aligned fault with a northerly downthrow at the northern end of the parish.
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downcast
▪ I. downcast, v. Now only poet. (daʊnˈkɑːst, -æ-) [f. down adv. + cast v.] trans. To cast down (lit. and fig.); to overthrow, demolish; to deject, dispirit. Hence downˈcasting vbl. n.a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxv. 6 In ax and in thixil þai it doun-caste. c 1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 9 By a...
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1975 Kinnaur earthquake
Ground rupture was observed in the form of a series of small vertical faults, with downthrow to the west, offsetting part of National Highway 22 between
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upcast
▪ I. ˈupcast, n. Also 9 dial. upkest. [up- 2. Cf. MDa. opkast in sense 6.] 1. A chance or accident. rare.1611 Shakes. Cymb. ii. i. 2 Was there euer man had such lucke? When I kist the Iacke vpon an vp-cast, to be hit away? 1619 Drayton Legends, P. Gaveston cvii, Only some small force..For vs to trus...
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Craven Fault System
Near Ingleton, North Yorkshire the North Craven Fault has a downthrow of about , and a few hundred yards away the South Craven Fault has a downthrow of
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Aber Dinlle Fault
It was reactivated as a normal fault in the Carboniferous with a downthrow to the northwest and again reactivated as a reverse fault during Late Carboniferous
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hade
▪ I. † hade, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (heɪd) [Derivation unknown.] A strip of land left unploughed as a boundary line and means of access between two ploughed portions of a field; also, according to some recent writers, a small piece of greensward left at the head or end of arable land upon which the plo...
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Reef knoll
Examples in the Yorkshire Dales lie on the downthrow side (north) of the Mid Craven Fault.
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1966 Toro earthquake
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The earthquake was associated with of surface faulting showing a downthrow of about to the southeast, consistent with one of the two possible
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Moorfoot Hills
The scarp lies immediately to the southeast of the Lammermuir Fault, a Caledonoid fault with a downthrow to the northwest.
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Jihaguk daejeok toechi seolhwa
Jihaguk daejeok toechi seolhwa (지하국대적퇴치 설화 The Downthrow of the Fearsome Underworld Enemy) is a Korean folktale about a heroic figure who defeats an underworld
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