bluff

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea.--Falconer's Marine Dic.


In America it is applied to a high bank, presenting a steep front, in the interior of the country.

Here you have the advantage of mountain, bluff, interval, to set off the view.--Margaret, p. 282.

2) Steep, bold; as a hill.

Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect from the tall forest that girded it about.--Margaret, p. 7.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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