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Ridge
Ridge Ridge, n. [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D.
rug, G. r["U]cken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw.
rugg, Dan. ryg. [root]16.]
1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. --Hudibras.
2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a
range; any extended elevation between valleys. ``The
frozen ridges of the Alps.' --Shak.
Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. --Milton.
3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow
or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface
of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
4. (Arch.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient
angle, especially the angle at the top between the
opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from
the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.
RidgeRidge Ridge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ridged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ridging.]
1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to
make into a ridge or ridges.
Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of
chafed wild boars. --Milton.
2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
3. To wrinkle. ``With a forehead ridged.' --Cowper.
Meaning of Ridges from wikipedia
- gold-bearing
ridges of Bendigo, Australia.
Moraines and
eskers Glacial activity may
leave ridges in the form of
moraines and eskers. An arête is a thin
ridge of...
- Oak
Ridges may
refer to: Oak
Ridges (electoral district), a
defunct electoral district in
Ontario Oak
Ridges, Ontario, a
community within the boundaries...
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Stanley Ridges.
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- mid-ocean ridges. Mid-ocean
ridges around the
globe are
linked by
plate tectonic boundaries and the
trace of the
ridges across the
ocean floor appears...
- Ewing, and
others revealed that the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge had a
strange bathymetry of
valleys and
ridges, with its
central valley being seismologically active...
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southeast ridge from
Nepal and the
north ridge from Tibet, as well as many
other less
frequently climbed routes. Of the two main routes, the
southeast ridge is...
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Lakeland Ridges is a
village muni****lity in the
Canadian province of New Brunswick. The
jurisdiction was
formed through the 2023 New
Brunswick local governance...
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often straight rather than arched. The
ridges are
separated from the
frontal eminences by a
shallow groove. The
ridges are most
prominent medially, and are...
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forming a
physical separation between Oak
Ridges and
urban Richmond Hill.
Wholly situated on the Oak
Ridges Moraine, much of its
terrain is hilly, with...
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Rebel Ridge is a 2024
American action thriller film written, produced,
directed and
edited by
Jeremy Saulnier. The film
stars Aaron Pierre as
Terry Richmond...
