SCARPS

Noun

scarps

plural of scarp

Verb

scarps

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scarp

Anagrams

• scraps

Source: Wiktionary


SCARP

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



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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