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Haunt him and harry, ossifrage and osprey!

The word is said to be a corruption of Ossifrage, the "bone-breaker."

Pliny, the extremity of the intestine of the ossifrage, if worn as an amulet, is well known to be an excellent remedy for colic.

The ossifrage is a species of eagle.

Calcareous lias, slate, and trap are still to be found there, rising from layers of conglomerate, like teeth from a gum; but the pickaxe has broken up and levelled those bristling, rugged peaks which were once the fearful perches of the ossifrage.