landslip

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landslip

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From land + slip.

noun landslips · land-slip

The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide. This landslip appears to have been occasioned by the freezing of the springs in the chasms of the hill; the expansive force of the ice causing a separation at the base of the cliff beneath the hill, the ground began to move forward, and the lands of the farm, being pressed on by the descending mass,

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noun sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope

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@misc{landslip_2026,
  title = {landslip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/landslip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}