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strath
strath
noun
a wide and flat river valley
1862George BorrowWild WalesI passed under a crag exceedingly lofty, and of very frightful appearance. It hung menacingly over the road. With this crag the wall of rocks terminated; beyond it lay an extensive strath, meadow, or marsh bounded on the cast by a lofty hill.1909Robert BurnsPoems and Songs of Robert BurnsAmang thae wild mountains shall still be my path, | Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath; | For there, wi' my lassie, the day lang I rove, | While o'er us unheeded flie the swift hours o'love.

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