scarping
present participle of scarp
scarping (plural scarpings)
A scarp (cliff caused by erosion).
• carpings, scraping
Source: Wiktionary
Scarp, n. Etym: [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.)
Definition: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Scarp, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.
Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
