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out⋅crop

  [n. out-krop; v. out-krop] noun, verb, -cropped, -crop⋅ping.
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–noun
1. Geology.
a. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
b. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
2. something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak: an outcrop of student demonstrations.
–verb (used without object)
3. to crop out, as strata.
Origin:
1760–70; n. use of v. phrase crop out
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out·crop   (out'krŏp')   
n.  A portion of bedrock or other stratum protruding through the soil level.
intr.v.   (out-krŏp') out·cropped, out·crop·ping, out·crops
To protrude above the soil, as rock formations.

[out + crop, to appear on the surface.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outcrop 
1805, in geology, "exposure of rocks at the surface," from out + crop (q.v.) in its sense of "sprout, head."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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