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cliff a steep high rock face, esp one that runs along the seashore and has the strata exposed cliff [klif] (geography) A high, steep, perpendicular or overhanging face of a rock; a precipice. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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So to avoid any danger she always used to feed on a high cliff near the sea, with her sound eye looking towards the land. Had he been awake, he would have commanded a view, not only of the short arm of the road and the jutting rock, but of the entire profile of the cliff below it. The labyrinthodon evidently thought that Ja was coming to double his portion of human flesh, so he was in no haste to pursue me to the cliff and frighten away this other tidbit. |
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