rifty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"If the stone is very rifty the axe will work best on the quarry bed; because in the axe working on the quarry face, where the stone is solid, it will show a smooth service, but in the rifty places it will show roughness and the defect in the stone."

From rift + -y.

more rifty (comparative) most rifty (superlative)

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