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intervale
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intervale, n.
A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n. , 7. [1913 Webster]
"The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land." [1913 Webster]
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