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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back
Of chafed wild boars. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wrinkle. “With a forehead ridged.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The backbone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Ridgelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little ridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

{ } n. See Ridgepole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured. [ 1913 Webster ]