grike

English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaɪk/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

grike (plural grikes)

  1. (chiefly Britain) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.
    • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 157:
      The Crag is a sort of crag-shaped feature of limestone, rich in minerals and seamed with crevasses or ‘grikes’ as they call them hereabouts.

Synonyms
  • scailp

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