clift
noun
clift
1 American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
South Midland U.S.
Clift
2
American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
Etymology
Origin of clift
1350–1400; Middle English, alteration of cliff (perhaps by influence of cleft 1 )
Example Sentences
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Through forest boles the storm-wind rolls, Vext of the sea-driv'n rain; And, up in the clift, through many a rift, The voices of torrents complain.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
And down his hand he launched to the clift,* *cleft In hope for to finde there a gift.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
"Hither extendeth Maud Heath's gift, For where I stand is Chippenham clift."
From Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Fust theah hosses got into a loco patch, an' one dawk night walked oveh a clift thinkin' it were thu aidge o' a sun crack.
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
As we before observed, the cottage was built upon a high land, which terminated in a precipitous clift about two hundred yards distant, and running in a direct line to the westward.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Marryat, Frederick
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