The shingle therefore stood some feet higher than it does now, and it is supposed that a shock or jar, such as that of an earthquake, broke up the stalagmite, and the pebbles and sand composing the shingle sunk deeper into the fissures in the limestone.
stalagmite הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד