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crag

1  [krag]
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–noun
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < British Celtic; akin to Welsh craig rock

Related forms:
craglike, adjective
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crag

2  [krag]
–noun Scot. and North England.
the neck, throat, or craw.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME cragge < MD crage neck, throat; c. G Kragen collar; cf. craw
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crag   (krāg)   
n.  A steep rugged mass of rock projecting upward or outward.

[Middle English, from Welsh craig or Scottish Gaelic creagh.]
crag'ged (krāg'ĭd) adj.
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Word Origin & History

crag 
c.1300, probably from a Celtic source akin to O.Ir. crec "rock," and carrac "cliff," and Manx creg.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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