Definition of Outcroppings

1. Noun. (plural of outcropping) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outcroppings

1. outcropping [n] - See also: outcropping

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcroppings

outcourts
outcrack
outcrafty
outcrawl
outcrawled
outcrawling
outcrawls
outcreep
outcried
outcrier
outcriers
outcries
outcrop
outcropped
outcropping
outcroppings (current term)
outcrops
outcross
outcrossed
outcrosses
outcrossing
outcrow
outcrowd
outcrowded
outcrowding
outcrowds
outcrowed
outcrowing
outcrows
outcry

Literary usage of Outcroppings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Book Prices Current (1917)
"outcroppings: being selections of California Verse. [Edited and contributed to by Harte.] First edition. San Francisco, 1866. ..."

2. Aegean Days by James Irving Manatt (1914)
"CHAPTER X. outcroppings OF THE HEROIC AGE. FROM this Vine-and-Figtree Corner a stiff ten- minutes climb brings us to the Great Portal—two huge monoliths of ..."

3. Martin's Mining Law and Land-office Procedure: With Statutes and Forms by Theodore Martin (1908)
"Mere outcroppings. 8 78. Same. Mere belief not based upon discovery. § 79. Same. Location not necessary. § 80. Time at which vein must be known. § 75. ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Georgia (1908)
"The outcroppings on the east side of the valley occur along the minor ridges at ... The total length of these two almost parallel lines of ore outcroppings, ..."

5. The Comstock Lode: Its Character, and the Probable Mode of Its Continuance by Ferdinand Richthofen (1866)
"The outcroppings of the Comstock vein do not form a continuous line, but consist rather of small and detached ranges of quartz, ordinarily protruding from ..."

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