cliff n Cp EDD ~ sb 1 (2) ~ hawk 'peregrine falcon' Ir D Co.
   Comb cliff-hawk: sparrow hawk (Falco sparverius) (1959 MCATEE 23).
   cliff rock, clifty ~ : slab of rock from face of a cliff; rock with sharp, jagged edges.
   1966 PHILBROOK 121 The soil cover is so thin and overlays great masses of flat rock—locally called 'cliff rock.' 1974 Evening Telegram 13 Feb, p. 3 'I'm puttin' a cliffty rock in this one [snowball)!' he would shout. We all knew how sharp a cliffty rock is on the corners compared to a round, beachy one. But, generally, everyone would heave snowballs at each other.

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