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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic Celtic] [[origin]]; akin to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh Welsh] ''craig'' rock
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: A steep or precipitous rugged rock.
*2: A detached or projecting rough piece of rock.
*3: A local name for deposits of shelly sand found in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk Norfolk], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk Suffolk], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex Essex], and used for manure; applied in [[Geology]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene Pliocene] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene Miocene] strata to which these deposits belong, called, in order of age, the Coralline Crag, Red Crag, and Mammaliferous or Norwich Crag.
==Description==
*A steep rugged mass of rock projecting upward or outward, especially a cliff or vertical rock exposure in the north of England or in Scotland (Irish: ''creag'', Scottish Gaelic: ''creag'', Welsh: ''craig'').
*A rock-climbers' term for a cliff or group of cliffs, in any location, which is or may be suitable for climbing
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crag_and_tail Crag and tail], a geological formation caused by the passage of a [[glacier]] over an area of hard rock
[[Category: Geology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic Celtic] [[origin]]; akin to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh Welsh] ''craig'' rock
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: A steep or precipitous rugged rock.
*2: A detached or projecting rough piece of rock.
*3: A local name for deposits of shelly sand found in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk Norfolk], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk Suffolk], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex Essex], and used for manure; applied in [[Geology]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene Pliocene] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene Miocene] strata to which these deposits belong, called, in order of age, the Coralline Crag, Red Crag, and Mammaliferous or Norwich Crag.
==Description==
*A steep rugged mass of rock projecting upward or outward, especially a cliff or vertical rock exposure in the north of England or in Scotland (Irish: ''creag'', Scottish Gaelic: ''creag'', Welsh: ''craig'').
*A rock-climbers' term for a cliff or group of cliffs, in any location, which is or may be suitable for climbing
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crag_and_tail Crag and tail], a geological formation caused by the passage of a [[glacier]] over an area of hard rock
[[Category: Geology]]
