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Webster 1913 Edition
Precipice
Prec′i-pice
,Noun.
1.
A sudden or headlong fall.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
2.
A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
Where wealth like fruit on
precipices
grew. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Precipice
PREC'IPICE
,Noun.
1.
Strictly, a falling headlong; hence, a steep descent of land; a fall or descent of land, perpendicular or nearly so. Where wealth, like fruit, on precipices grew.
2.
A steep descent, in general. In the breaking of the waves there is ever a precipice.
Swift down the precipice of time it goes.
Definition 2024
précipice
précipice
See also: precipice
French
Noun
précipice m (plural précipices)
- precipice, deep and steep escarpment
- tomber dans un précipice.
References
“précipice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).