From scarped cliff and quarried stone. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
scarping — skÉ‘rp /skÉ‘Ëp n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth s crust; inner slope of the trench surrounding a fort v. form a steep slope, form a cliff … English contemporary dictionary
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Scarp — Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarping}.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. [1913 Webster] From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Sweep ruins… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scarped — Scarp Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarping}.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. [1913 Webster] From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Sweep… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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