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ˈsea-cliff
A cliff on the seashore.
In Geology sometimes applied to rocks which are now inland, but were on the shores of ancient seas.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. vii. §4 Swa fela welena swa þara sondcorna bið be þisum sæclifum. c1205Lay. 18638 He is mid sea cliuen [c 1275 see cluues] faste biclused. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 634 Compassed with a triple ditch..cast in forme of a bowe, the string whereof is the sea⁓cliffe. 1769Atwick Inclosure Act 5 The said allotments..shall lie contiguous to the sea-cliff. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. ii. vi. (1835) II. 28 An ancient sea-cliff is to be seen, now inland. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 50 Waves wearing away the sea-cliffs. |