grike

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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.

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  1. A crevice; a chink; a widened joint in rock. [Provincial English]
  2. A ravine on the side of a hill. [Provincial English]

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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. —  Ulysses
 

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  1. A variant of crike (Middle English crike), dial. form of crick.
 

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