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A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.

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  1. n. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
  2. n. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
  3. n. a deep fissure