lakelet
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Near by we came upon a steaming pool, or lakelet, of an acre or more in extent.
From Camping with President Roosevelt by John Burroughs
The gallant little yacht charged the neck of ice like a living creature, hit it fair, cut right through, and scattered the fragments right and left as she sailed majestically into the lakelet beyond.
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Already the lakelet was rimmed with ice on the shaded side.
From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady
In that early hour before the ripples had stirred the surface, this lakelet at the foot of the Half Dome was worthy of all its romantic fame.
From The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Frederick Vining Fisher
After this, she spoke and asked him, In the very words which follow:240 "Why did'st weep, O Väinämöinen, Why lament, Uvantolainen, In that miserable region, On the borders of the lakelet?"
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby
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