precipitous bank
1precipitous — precipitate, precipitous 1. The two words overlap in meaning and were used interchangeably from the 17c to the 19c. Precipitous has a physical meaning ‘sheer like a precipice’: • There was a precipitous wooden stair to the ground floor A. Craig,… …
2Ayr — AYR, a sea port, burgh, and market town, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, of which it is the capital, 77 miles (S. W. by W.) from Edinburgh, and 34 (S. S. W.) from Glasgow; containing 8264 inhabitants. This place derives its name from… …
3Fortingal — FORTINGAL, a parish, in the county of Perth, 8½ miles (W. S. W.) from Aberfeldy; containing, with part of the late quoad sacra districts of Foss, Glenlyon, and Rannoch, 2740 inhabitants. This place, of which the name is of very doubtful origin …
4bluff — I. a. 1. Broad and full, hearty and open. (Said of the countenance.) 2. Rough and hearty, blunt and frank, roughly good natured. 3. Steep, abrupt, precipitous, like a bluff. II. n. Precipitous bank (especially on the margin of a river or the sea) …
5East Bridgford — is a village and a civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It has a population of about 1,800. [ [http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=8883 Parish Councils: names and addresses Rushcliffe… …
6Banff — BANFF, a sea port, burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief town, 165 miles (N. by E.) from Edinburgh, on the road from Aberdeen to Inverness; containing 3958 inhabitants. This place, called in ancient… …
7Scaur — Scaur, n. A precipitous bank or rock; a scar. [1913 Webster] …
8Mochrum — MOCHRUM, a parish, in the county of Wigton; containing, with the villages of Eldrig, Kirk of Mochrum, and Port William, 2539 inhabitants, of whom 187 are in the village of Kirk of Mochrum, 7½ miles (S. W.) from Wigton. This place, of which the …
9scar — I. n. 1. Cicatrix, cicatrice, seam. 2. Hurt, wound. 3. Blemish, mark, injury, disfigurement, flaw, defect. 4. Cliff, precipitous bank, detached rock. II. v. a. Wound, hurt, mark …
10china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
