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 scarp /ˈskɑrp/
 懸崖(vt.)使成陡坡

 Scarp n.  Her. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

 Scarp, n.
 1. Fort. The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
 2. A steep descent or declivity.

 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.
    From scarped cliff and quarried stone.   --Tennyson.
    Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain.   --Emerson.
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 scarp
      n 1: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or
           ridge; usually formed by erosion [syn: escarpment]
      2: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn: escarpment,
          escarp, protective embankment]