Crag

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Origin

Middle English, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh craig rock

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 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and used for manure; applied in Geology to the Pliocene and 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
  • Crag and tail, a geological formation caused by the passage of a glacier over an area of hard rock

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