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Grammar : Noun
Spell : es-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛs kər



Definition of esker

Origin :
  • "deposit left by a glacial stream," 1852, from Irish eiscir "ridge of gravel."
  • As in knoll : noun small hill
  • As in ridge : noun raised part of solid
  • As in hill : noun uprising of earth's surface; pile
  • As in hillock : noun small hill
Example sentences :
  • And he went to the friars at Esker to take it off of him, and they took it off.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series » by Lady Gregory
  • Do you think he will teach us to do cures like the friars used at Esker?
  • Extract from : « Where There is Nothing » by William Butler Yeats
  • I'll be bound he's on the Esker, looking afther the sheep, poor crathurs, durin' Andy Connor's illness in the small-pock.
  • Extract from : « The Dead Boxer » by William Carleton
  • Under that end of this Esker which pointed nearest to the south-west, stood the chapel we have just mentioned.
  • Extract from : « The Tithe-Proctor » by William Carleton
  • One esker only has been found in the region under consideration.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
  • The esker is fully a quarter of a mile long, about thirty feet high, and four rods wide at its base.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
  • The Esker friars used to do great cures—Father Callaghan was the best of them.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series » by Lady Gregory
  • I often saw Father Callaghan in Esker and the people brought to him in carts.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series » by Lady Gregory

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