Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. In later use usually in form peth. A valley. Obsolete. rare.

A small shallow dell or valley; a hollow or dip in the ground; a depression in a hillside or between two stretches of rising ground.

A depression resembling or likened to the umbilicus. gen.

A hollow or valley resembling a trough; the bed or channel of a stream, or the depressed tract through which it flows; spec. in Geology a…

A place or spot having the character of a recess shut in by rocks, trees, etc.; a secluded or sheltered place among natural or garden scenery.

A depression in the ground or soil; a hollow; a slope, a declivity. Obsolete.

A hollow, low place; esp. U.S., a moist or marshy depression in a tract of land, esp. in the midst of rolling prairie. Also (U.S.) a hollow between…

Originally: a yawning depth, an abyss. In later use (English regional (Yorkshire) and Irish English (Wexford)): a hole, a hollow.

concrete. A depressed or sunken formation on a surface; a hollow, a low place or part.

A surface hollow, excavation, or deep depression in the ground; a ditch.

A sinking or subsidence; quasi-concrete a place where the surface has subsided, a depression.

A hollow or depression to which the surrounding high ground dips or sinks.

A cavity or depression; a recess; a receding part or indentation in the line of a natural feature or object, such as a rock, coastline, etc. Cf…

= hollow, n. 2.

A gully; a dip or hollow.

A gully, a ravine. Cf. sike, n.1 1b.

A hollow or depression in the land. rare.