PRECIPICE
ADJECTIVES
► SCARRY bare, rocky; full of precipices → 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► CREMNOPHOBIA a dread of precipices or steep places → 1903
► GAIRY a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land → 1871 Sc.
► GAIRY-FACE a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land → 1871 Sc.
► PALI a steep slope, a precipice → 1833 Hawaii
► SCOUT a high rock or hill; a projecting ridge; a precipice → 1781 Eng. dial. obs.
► SCREE the steep, perpendicular side of a mountain; a precipice → 1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SPINK a sharp rock, a precipice → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
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