Citations:præcipitous

Adjective:

 * 1743, Christopher Packe, Ancographia, Sive Convallium Deſcriptio, J. Abree; page #100:
 * […]the intimate, deep and extended Concavitys or Incorporation of whole Groups of Valleys into both their Oppoſie regions, and into the Different ſuits of Vallies of the ſame Diſtrict ; the Gradual and Eaſie Aſcent in ſome places, and in others the quick and præcipitous Fall of the hills ; their even ſmooth and Plain‐like manner of forming their Ridges, both the greater, which are the Summits or higheſt elevations, that divide the Country into it’s ſeparate Regions[…]