A fissure in the surface of the earth; a crevice, chasm. Obsolete.

a fissure in the earth.

A crack, chink, or slit; esp. (a) a chasm or fissure in the earth; (b) a chap or crack in the skin.

transferred. Applied to a natural vent or opening in the earth's surface, esp. that of a volcano.

A break, gap, or fissure in a crag or cliff. Obsolete.

A cleft in the earth, a rock formation, etc.; a fissure, a chasm.

A rift, a fissure. Also figurative.

A deep, dark place in the sea or land; a gulf, abyss, or chasm; a cave or cavern. Frequently in plural.

A break in the surface or fabric of the earth, as a ravine, gorge, or rift; esp. one formed in an earthquake or other upheaval.

A deep opening or chasm in the earth. ? Obsolete.

A cleft, a fissure; a deep narrow gorge or valley. Also: a narrow breach in a wall, etc.

A large and deep rent, cleft, or fissure in the surface of the earth or other cosmical body. In later times extended to a fissure or gap, not…

An abrupt or steep place; a precipice; a chasm, an abyss. Obsolete.

A gaping, opening, cleft.

A rocky cleft or fissure; a gap, ravine: used (chiefly in place-names); see quot. 1828.

local. ‘A vertical indentation in a hill; a gangway down a cliff; a cutting through a ridge of hills’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.); spec. in East Anglia, a…

The proper name of the narrowest part of the channel of the Wharfe between level rocks at Bolton Priory; hence, any similar gorge or chasm.

An opening or rift in the ground.