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WASH, THE

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 344 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WASH, THE

WASH, THE , a shallow See also:

BAY

bay of the See also:

North See also:

Sea, on the See also:

Lincoln-See also:

SHIRE

shire and See also:

Norfolk See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

England. It is roughly square in shape, penetrating the See also:

LAND

land for 22 m., and being 20 M. wide at the See also:

head and 12 at the mouth. Through the sandbanks which See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form its See also:

bed there are two See also:

main channels into deep See also:

WATER

water; one, See also:

Boston Deeps, is kept open by the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the See also:

WITHAM

Witham and Welland; the other, See also:

LYNN

Lynn Deeps, gives passage to those of the Nene and the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

OUSE

Ouse. The Wash is the remnant of a much larger bay, which covered a large See also:

PART

part of the See also:

FENS

Fens which now border it; it is gradually filling with the deposits of the See also:

rivers, and from See also:

time to time small portions are reclaimed (see FENS). The See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat bordering lands are protected by sea-walls. The formerly dangerous passage of the See also:

marsh-lands, which were liable to irruptions of the See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide, is illustrated by the See also:

accident to See also:

King See also:

John in 1216 shortly before his See also:

DEATH

death. Passing over the See also:

CROSS

Cross Keys Wash, near See also:

Sutton See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge, his baggage and treasure wagons were engulfed and he himself barely escaped with See also:

LIFE

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