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  • 1narrow — adj., n., & v. adj. (narrower, narrowest) 1 a of small width in proportion to length; lacking breadth. b confined or confining; constricted (within narrow bounds). 2 of limited scope; restricted (in the narrowest sense). 3 with little margin (a… …

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  • 2Narrow Neck Plateau — in the rain at sunset, Blue Mountains National Park …

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  • 3narrow — [nar′ō, ner′ō] adj. [ME narwe < OE nearu, akin to MDu nare, OS naru < IE base * (s)ner , to turn, twist > SNARE, Gr narkē, stupor] 1. small in width as compared to length; esp., less wide than is customary, standard, or expected; not… …

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  • 4Narrow gauge slate railways in England — Narrow gauge railways were often deployed by the slate industry, due to their low cost of installation, operation, and easy relaying as quarrying developed. Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes Burlington Slate Quarries railway[1] [2] after… …

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  • 5pass — pass1 [pas, päs] n. [ME pas: see PACE1] a narrow passage or opening, esp. between mountains; gap; defile pass2 [pas, päs] vi. [ME passen < OFr passer < VL * passare < L passus, a step: see PACE1] 1. to go o …

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  • 6Narrow gauge railways in Canada — White Pass and Yukon Route Steam Locomotive 73 Although most railways of central and eastern Canada were initially built to a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge, there were several, especially on Canada s Atlantic coast, which… …

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  • 7Narrow gauge railroads in the United States — Standard gauge was favored for railway construction in the United States, although a fairly large narrow gauge system developed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Isolated narrow gauge lines were built in many areas to minimize construction… …

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  • 8Narrow gauge railway — Track gauge by size Broad gauge St …

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  • 9narrow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb 1 of a road/river/gap/range ADVERB ▪ considerably, significantly ▪ The gap between the candidates has narrowed significantly. ▪ a little, slightly, etc …

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  • 10narrow — 01. The truck had a lot of trouble getting down the [narrow] street. 02. The old man [narrowly] missed being killed when a car almost hit him as he was crossing the street. 03. We paddled the canoe through a [narrow] channel, and into the open… …

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