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Grike vs Rike - What's the difference?

grike | rike |

As nouns the difference between grike and rike

is that grike is (chiefly|british) a deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants while rike is duckling, duck.

grike

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, British) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants
  • :* 1922': He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a '''grike . — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • :* 1973': The Crag is a sort of crag-shaped feature of limestone, rich in minerals and seamed with crevasses or ‘'''grikes ’ as they call them hereabouts. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, ''Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 157)

    • Synonyms

    * scailp

    See also

    * clint * limestone pavement

    rike

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) sovereignty, dominion, authority
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1820 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , author=Arthur Taylor , title=The Glory of Regality citation , genre=Coronations , page=5 , passage=king-rike was in use amongst us so late as the reign of Elizabeth. }}
  • (historical) The territory over which authority extends, a kingdom, an earldom, a diocese, district, city, and so forth.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1823 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor=David Scot , author=Alexander Murray , title=History of the European Languages citation , publisher=A. Constable & Co. , page=480 , passage=RAUMARICAE and RAUGNARICH are the people of the kingdom (RIKE ) of RAUMAR and RAUGNAR. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1857 , year_published=2009 , edition=Digitized , editor=John Gough Nichols , author=Edward VI (King of England) , title=Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth citation , page=464 , passage=The bishop (Tunstal) of Durham was deprived of his bishop-rike . }}

    Etymology 2

    From the as a result of the difficulty of pronouncing the letter 'L' in many oriental languages.

    Verb

  • (Oriental)

    • Anagrams

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