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n. See Bailiwick. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of bound bailiff. ] [ Low, Eng. ] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb. ] A high, steep rock; a precipice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cliff swallow (Zool.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) See Clef. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions.
Syn. -- cliff brake, rock brake. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an episode of a drama that ends in suspense. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. characterized by cliffs; -- of a shore or shoreline; -- contrasted with beachy. [ Narrower terms: precipitous, steep ]
Syn. -- cliffy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at. ] 1. A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A moment: as, for a gliff. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caliph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above. [ 1913 Webster ]

An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Wyclifite. [ 1913 Webster ]