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Definition of Clifted
1. a. Broken; fissured.
Definition of Clifted
1. Adjective. (obsolete) broken; fissured ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clifted
1. broken into cliffs [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clifted
Literary usage of Clifted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1854)
"As to Mr. Ward's sheep being clifted through their backs, a lean sheep, of course,
is never clifted through his bsck ; and all a gigantic sheep weighs aboce ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... healing virtue swells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers ; or what the
beams of morn Draw forth, distilling from the clifted rind In balmy tears. ..."
3. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy, J. V. Prichard (1876)
"... Or climb the Andes' clifted side, Or by the Nile's coy source abide, Or starting
from your half-year's sleep From Hecla view the thawing deep, ..."
4. The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1842)
"Whether by nodding towers you tread, Or haunt the desert's trackless gloom, Or
hover o'er the yawning tomb, Or climb the Andes' clifted side, ..."
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