aiguille

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Constantly I have been alone on the Glacier des Bois—and far among the loneliest aiguille recesses.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)

I do not know if their rude resemblance to two figures, on opposite sides of a table or altar, has had anything to do with the name of the aiguille.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

She was reading the account of the first ascent of an aiguille in the Chamonix district, held by guides to be impossible and conquered at last by a party of amateurs.

From Running Water by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

It is seen, as there shown, from the moraine of the Charmoz glacier, its summit bearing S. 40� W.; and its cleavage bed leaning to the left or S.E., against the aiguille Blaiti�re.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

To these beds we shall return presently, our object just now being to examine the aiguille, which, on the Montanvert, forms the most conspicuous mass of mountain on the right of the spectator.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John