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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 361 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CRAG (a
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Celtic word, cf. Gael. creag,
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Manx creg, and Welsh and
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modern Scots
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craig)  , a steep
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rock . The word appears in many
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place-names in the
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north of
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England and in
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Scotland, and is also connected with " carrick," a word of similar meaning, also found in place-names . In
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geology, the
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term is applied to the strata in which a shelly
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sand
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deposit is found, and, in the expression "
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crag and tail," to a formation of hills,, in which one
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side is precipitous and lofty and the other slopes or " tails" gradually away, as in the
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Castle Rock in
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Edinburgh .

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