PRECIPICE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A sudden or headlong fall. [Obs.] Fuller.

2.
n.

A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.


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