Cirque (?), n. [F., fr. L. circus.]
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1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
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A dismal cirque
Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.
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2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
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