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precipice a. the steep sheer face of a cliff or crag b. the cliff or crag itself precipice [′pres·ə·pəs] (geology) A very steeply inclined, vertical, or overhanging wall or surface of rock. 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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Or unto eagles like which fixedly, Long adown the precipice look, Adown THEIR precipice:-- Oh, how they whirl down now, Thereunder, therein, To ever deeper profoundness whirling
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice. "Verily," sighed the Pharisee, as he peered dizzily over the precipice, "the uncircumcised are as the sands by the seashore-as the locusts in the wilderness |
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