Stanchions
- Iron stakes driven into rocks to make a permanent track. See piton.
Traverse.-I. A path across the face of a cliff or wall. 2. The surface across which the path is made.
Verglas. The film of ice on "glazed rocks."
Virgin peak. One as yet untrodden.
Writing desk. A form assumed by limestone rocks, somewhat resembling the angles of an open desk.
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