Definition of precipice

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Precipice (n.) A sudden or headlong fall.

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Surrounding :: Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc..
Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice..
Precipice :: Precipice (n.) A sudden or headlong fall.
Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height..
Mural :: Mural (a.) Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice..
Cliff :: Cliff (n.) A high, steep rock; a precipice..
Talus :: Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
Brow :: Brow (n.) The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice..
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara..
Torrent :: Torrent (n.) A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice..
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice..
Precipice :: Precipice (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff..
Avalanche :: Avalanche (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice..
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
Rush :: Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice..
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