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Definition of Clift
1. n. A cliff.
2. n. A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Definition of Clift
1. Noun. (rare) A cliff. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clift
1. cliff [n -S] - See also: cliff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clift
Literary usage of Clift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"clift arrived in London on 14 Feb. 1792, his own and Hunter's birthday, ...
So long as life lasted clift used 5 to call him a truly honest man, ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"[The Causey leading from Chippenham clift to Wick Hill. ... Hither extendeth Maud
Heath's gift, For where I stand is Chippenham clift. ..."
3. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from by Richard Anson Wheeler (1900)
"The first clift in this country is given by "Savage" as i. ... Samuel clift (No.
4) m. before 1733 Lydia Dagget ; he removed to Plainfield, Conn., ..."
4. Notable Men of Tennessee: From 1833 to 1875, Their Times and Their by Oliver Perry Temple, Mary Boyce Temple (1912)
"ONE of the most interesting characters living in East Tennessee in 1861, was
William clift of Hamilton County, who was born in Greene County, in 1795. ..."
5. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"CLIFF, j. or clift. Cliff (also written CLIFFY. ... cleft, or clift. " In our
ancient language the cut off or broken mountaines on the sea sides, ..."
6. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"For since the death of quadrupeds (on which M. Le Gallois operated) is so readily
produced by injury to the vital organs, it appeared to Mr. clift that ..."
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