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/ɡɹaɪk/ · noun
(chiefly British) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants..
He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.
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.
Use grike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grike means (chiefly British) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants..
Common synonyms include scailp.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.
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