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headland
English
Etymology
From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English h?afodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head +? land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?dl?nd/
Noun
headland (plural headlands)
- Coastal land that juts into the sea.
- The unplowed boundary of a field.
Synonyms
- (coastal land that juts into the sea; peninsula): peninsula, cape, promontory
Translations
See also
- abuttal
- portolan
Anagrams
- leadhand
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crag
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /k?æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
13th century Middle English, of Celtic origin, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian ??? (k?ar, “stone”), Sanskrit ?? (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).
Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg.
Noun
crag (plural crags)
- A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
- A rough, broken fragment of rock.
- (geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.
Alternative forms
- craig
Derived terms
- cragfast
- Crag Foot
- craggy
- cragsman
Translations
Etymology 2
A variant of craw.
Noun
crag (plural crags)
- (dialectal or obsolete) The neck or throat.
References
- 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
Further reading
- crag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- CAGR
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