What is fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." Shak called?

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alp — Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." Shak. (Webster's 1913.)

What is fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." Shak called?

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