Where the ground is declivitous, it is requisite that the hole should be deeper, in addition to which it should be artificially elevated on the edge of the lower side.
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Where the ground is declivitous, it is requisite that the hole should be deeper, in addition to which it should be artificially elevated on the edge of the lower side.
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The forest covers a declivitous slope, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet, and extends to the verge of the steep descent into the table-land of Wynaad.
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Hypostomal tooth-like projection present adjacent to the ventral surface of mandibular insertions; declivitous face of propodeum strongly concave in profile, and meeting the basal face to form a conspicuous, narrow convexity or sharp angle projecting rear-ward; scale of petiole erect.
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In France, Savoy, and the Southern Low Countries the structure of lordship was declivitous during the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteenth centuries; in other words, seigneurial rights and obligations were greater at lower levels of the hierarchy .
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