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karst /kst/ n. L19. [G der Karst (perh. rel. to Slovene Kras) a limestone plateau region in Slovenia, SE Europe.] Physical Geogr. A kind of topography characteristic of areas of relatively soluble rock (usu. limestone) and mainly underground drainage, marked by numerous abrupt ridges, gorges, fissures, swallow-holes, and caverns; a region dominated by such topography.Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'characteristic of or of the nature of karst', as karst land, karst scenery, karst topography, etc. Special combs., as karst tower a steep-sided often flat-topped conical hill characteristic of tropical and subtropical karst. Earliest in attrib. use.karstic a. of the nature of karst; pertaining to or characteristic of karst: E20. karstification n. development of karst or karstic features; alteration into karst: M20. karstify v.t. subject to karstification (chiefly as karstified, karstifying ppl adjs.) M20. karsting n. = KARSTIFICATION E20.

Marlowe /ml/, Christopher (1564-93), English dramatist and poet. As a dramatist he brought a new strength and vitality to blank verse; major works include Tamburlaine the Great (1587-8), Doctor Faustus (c.1590), Edward II (1592), and The Jew of Malta (1592). His poems include 'Come live with me and be my love' (published in The Passionate Pilgrim, 1599) and the unfinished Hero and Leander (1598; completed by George Chapman). His work had a significant influence on Shakespeare's early historical plays. Marlowe was killed during a brawl in a tavern.