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stoss

[stohs; Ger. shtohs]

adjective

Geology. noting or pertaining to the side, as of a hill or dale, that receives or has received the thrust of a glacier or other impulse.

Origin:
1875–80; < German: thrust, push

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Veit

[fahyt] , c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.

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stoss (stɒs, German ʃtoːs)

—*adj*
	(of the side of a hill, crag, etc) facing the onward flow of a glacier or the direction in which a former glacier flowed

[German, from stossen to thrust]

Stoss (German ʃtoːs)

—n
	Viet (faɪət). ?1445--1533, German Gothic sculptor and woodcarver. His masterpiece is the high altar in the Church of St Mary, Cracow (1477--89)

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