Toboggan: alternatives and connections

An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube…

The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, o…

Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…

A small, light one-horse sleigh.

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of t…

To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the…

A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not st…

The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicat…