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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.
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
n.
A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
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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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White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
n.
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
v. i.
To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
n.
A cliff.
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See Clef.
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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.
n.
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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A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
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The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.
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Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.
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A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.
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Having cliffs; broken; craggy.
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Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.
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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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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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