Foss

n. (fort.) a ditch or moat either with or without water the excavation of which has contributed material for the walls of the fort it protects: an abyss.—adj. Fossed.—n. Foss′way an ancient Roman road having a ditch on either side.

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• On the heights of the Andes he found marine shell foss ils at a height of fourteen thousand feet above sea-level. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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