The Small Rain, Low-Lands : A Few Questions

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Fri Jan 14 13:00:00 CST 2000


On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Sergey Kuznetsov wrote:
> 
> There are the "bank run" in the dump ("On the top of the pinnacle of bank
> run stood  a human figure..."). What does it mean? Only "bank run" I found
> is financial term...

"Bank run" is the gravel that's left after the dirt has been
washed away by naturally flowing water. Also called bank gravel. Found
around banks of streams.

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