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escarp

escarp is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
  2. 2.To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. Carleton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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