Both Uses
vertical
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- Franklin Sousley: Hilltop, Kentucky The mountains are high and steep in eastern Kentucky, blue-shadowed and cut by nearly vertical hollows and plunging river gorges.†
Chpt 2. *vertical = straight up and down
- As the forty-man line snaked upward, gained altitude, and grew visible against the near-vertical face of the mountain, it attracted attention.†
Chpt 11.
Definitions:
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(1)
(vertical) oriented straight up and down
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)