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a·rête
(
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t
)
KEY
NOUN:
A sharp, narrow mountain ridge or spur.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French
areste
,
fishbone, spine
, from Late Latin
arista
,
awn, fishbone
, from Latin,
awn
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