| ridg | Is this the bus for Park Ridge? |
| ridge | (n) a long narrow natural elevation or striation |
| ridge | (n) any long raised strip |
| ridge | (n) a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean |
| ridge | (n) a long narrow range of hills, Syn. ridgeline |
| ridge | (n) any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane |
| ridge | (n) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters, Syn. rooftree, ridgepole |
| ridge | (v) extend in ridges, Example: The land ridges towards the South |
| ridge | (v) plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip |
| ridge | (v) throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides, Example: He ridged his corn |
| ridge | (v) spade into alternate ridges and troughs, Example: ridge the soil |
| Ridge | n. [ OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. rücken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. √16. ] Part rise in crystal wall, or ridge direct. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ridge | v. t. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back |
| Ridgeband | n. The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also |
| Ridgebone | n. The backbone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ridgel | n. (Zool.) Same as Ridgelling. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ridgelet | n. A little ridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ridgeling | n. [ Prov. E. riggilt, riggot, ananimal half castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, a barrow hog, rigler a cock half castrated. ] (Zool.) A half-castrated male animal. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ridgeplate | |
| Ridgepole | n. (Arch.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ridgerope | n. (Naut.) See |
| Ridgwaykauz { m } [ ornith. ] | Unspotted Saw-whet Owl [Add to Longdo] |
| Ridgwaykotinga [ ornith. ] | Ridgway's Cotinga [Add to Longdo] |