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Scottish and northern. ‘The projecting part of a hill, or the narrow ridge, which, like a stem, joins the mass to the level ground’ (Northumbld.…
A range, ridge, mountain, hill, or part of this, projecting for some distance from the main system or mass; an offshoot or offset.
A projecting portion of a hill or mountain resembling the buttress of a building.