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/skahrp/, n.1. a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.2. Fort. an escarp.v.t.3. to form or cut into a steep slope.[1580-90; < It scarpa a slope. See ESCARP]
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Scarp — Géographie Pays Royaume Uni Archipel Hébrides extérieures Locali … Wikipédia en Français
Scarp — may mean:* Scarp, Scotland, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland * Scarp (fortification) with a counterscarp, the inner and outer sides of a ditch * SS 9 Scarp, the NATO reporting name for the R 36 ICBM * the steeper side of an escarpment… … Wikipedia
Scarp — Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarping}.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. [1913 Webster] From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Sweep ruins… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scarp — [skärp] n. [It scarpa, a scarp, slope < Goth * skrapa, akin to OE scræf, cave, hollow < IE * (s)kerb(h) , var. of base * (s)ker , to cut > SHEAR] 1. a steep slope; specif., an escarpment or cliff extending along the edge of a plateau,… … English World dictionary
Scarp — Scarp, n. [Aphetic form of {Escarp}.] 1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. [1913 Webster] 2. A steep descent or declivity. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scarp — Scarp, n. [OF. escharpe. See 2d {Scarf}.] (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scarp — SCARP, scarpi, s.m. (înv.) Pantof de damă uşor, pantof de casă. – Din it. scarpa. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 19.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 scarp s. m., pl. scarpi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic … Dicționar Român
scarp — ► NOUN ▪ a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment. ► VERB ▪ cut or erode so as to form a scarp. ORIGIN Italian scarpa … English terms dictionary
scarp´er|er — scarp|er «SKAHR puhr», intransitive verb. British Slang. to run away; go away; leave in a hurry: »A raft of people got the wind up and scarpered for foreign climes (Punch). ╂[apparently < Italian scappare escape] –scarp´er|er, noun … Useful english dictionary
scarp|er — «SKAHR puhr», intransitive verb. British Slang. to run away; go away; leave in a hurry: »A raft of people got the wind up and scarpered for foreign climes (Punch). ╂[apparently < Italian scappare escape] –scarp´er|er, noun … Useful english dictionary
Scarp — SCARP, an isle, in the parish of Harris, district of Lewis, county of Inverness; containing 129 inhabitants. This is a high conical rocky isle, consisting of a solid mountain, of which the diameter is about three miles. It lies on the western… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
