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Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.

Precipitously. Abruptly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. Gray.

front. "A bluff or bold shore." Falconer. Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect. Judd.

, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a cañon, which has precipitous sides.

Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] Like a tower upon a headlong rock. Byron.

Precipitous. [Obs.] -- Prec`i*pi"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.

Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.

he horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.

Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. [R.] Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire. Shak.

Lofty and precipitous. [R.] Her stand she takes upon a steep-up hill. Shak.

In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.

Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.

Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] No more, my goats, shall I belong you climb The steepy cliffs, or crop the flow'ry thyme. Dryden.

A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt. This striding place is called the Strid. Wordsworth.