grike

British

/ ɡraɪk /

noun

a solution fissure, a vertical crack about 0.5 m wide formed by the dissolving of limestone by water, that divides an exposed limestone surface into sections or clints

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Etymology

Origin of grike

C20 in geological sense: from northern dialect

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He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

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