alp

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.A bullfinch. Rom. of R.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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