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crag

/ˈkɹæɡ/ noun C2
  1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A rough, broken fragment of rock. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee. (uncountable)

Plural crags

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Behind him, blacker than the sea, blacker than the sky, rose phantom-like the vast stone structure, whose projecting crags seemed like arms extended to seize their prey, and on the highest rock was a torch lighting two figures.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 221 · C1
The red cap of one of the sailors hung to a point of the rock and some timbers that had formed part of the vessel’s keel, floated at the foot of the crag.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 226 · C1
At every step that Edmond took he disturbed the lizards glittering with the hues of the emerald; afar off he saw the wild goats bounding from crag to crag.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 254 · C1

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