What is a mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles called?
spur — A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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