Rifty
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Full of rifts or fissures.
"If the stone is very rifty the axe will work best on the quarry bed; because in the axe working on the quarry face, where the stone is solid, it will show a smooth service, but in the rifty places it will show roughness and the defect in the stone."
Example
More examples"If the stone is very rifty the axe will work best on the quarry bed; because in the axe working on the quarry face, where the stone is solid, it will show a smooth service, but in the rifty places it will show roughness and the defect in the stone."
Etymology
From rift + -y.
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