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Webster 1913 Edition

Outcrop

Out′cropˊ

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Noun.

(Geol.)

(a)

The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.

Lyell.

(b)

That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.

Out-crop′

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Verb.

I.

(Geol.)

To come out to the surface of the ground; – said of strata.