grike

English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaɪk/
  • 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: He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike. — James Joyce, Ulysses
    • 1973: 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. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 157)

Synonyms

  • scailp

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