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1665–75; < Middle French; akin to Old French glacier to slide; compare Latin glaciāre to make into ice; see glacé
1665–75; < Middle French; akin to Old French glacier to slide; compare Latin glaciāre to make into ice; see glacé
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Glacis
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| glacis (ˈɡlæsɪs, ˈɡlæsɪ, ˈɡleɪ-) | |
| —n , pl -ises, -is | |
| 1. | a slight incline; slope |
| 2. | an open slope in front of a fortified place |
| 3. | short for glacis plate |
| [C17: from French, from Old French glacier to freeze, slip, from Latin glaciāre, from glaciēs ice] | |
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glacis
"sloping bank" (especially leading up to a fortification), 1672, from Fr. glacir "to freeze, make slippery," from O.Fr. glacier "to slip," from L. glaciare "to make or turn into ice," from glacies (see glacial).
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