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Scarp
Pronunciation : Scarp
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.)
Definition : Defn: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Scarp
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Aphetic form of Escarp.]
Definition : 1. (Fort.)
Defn: The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Scarp
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson.
t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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