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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F., fr. pref.

dé-

(L.

dis

) +

briser

to break, shatter; perh. of Celtic origin.]

(Geol.)

Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.

Noun.

debree'. Fragments; rubbish; ruins; applied particularly to the fragments of rocks.

DEBT, n. det. [L. debitum, contracted.]