crag

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See also: crág and crág-

English

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Pronunciation

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A crag (sense 1).

Etymology 1

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From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Old Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (stone, hard); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, stone), Sanskrit खर (khara, hard, solid), Welsh carreg (stone).

Noun

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crag (countable and uncountable, plural crags)

  1. (Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
  2. A rough, broken fragment of rock.
  3. (geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
  4. (uncountable) A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.
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Etymology 2

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A variant of craw.

Noun

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crag (plural crags)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) The neck or throat.

References

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  • Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
  • Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
  • Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish crec, from Old Irish carrac, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (stone, hard); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, stone), Sanskrit खर (khara, hard, solid), Welsh carreg (stone).

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Noun

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crag (plural cragges)

  1. cliff

Descendants

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  • English: crag
  • Yola: craggès

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