grike
English
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡɹaɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪk
Noun
[edit]grike (plural grikes)
- (chiefly British) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 157:
- 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.