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A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
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A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.
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A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.
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To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
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White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
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A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
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A cliff.
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A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
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Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
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A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
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Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.
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Having cliffs; broken; craggy.
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Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.
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See Clef.
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A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
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A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
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One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves.
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The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.
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A hill; a cliff.
v. t.
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
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