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Carped
(gcide) | Carp \Carp\ (k[aum]rp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped
(k[aum]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] [OE. carpen to say,
speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced
later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]
1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
at.
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Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw.
Mag.
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And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert.
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Escarped
(gcide) | Escarp \Es*carp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escarped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Escarping.] (Mil.)
To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a
scrap. --Carleton.
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Scarped
(gcide) | Scarp \Scarp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scarping.]
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the
face of a ditch or a rock.
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From scarped cliff and quarried stone. --Tennyson.
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Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson.
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