Definition of ridge

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Ridge (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys..

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Ponvolant :: Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge..
Coleridgian :: Coleridgian (a.) Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics..
Pontage :: Pontage (n.) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Side :: Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge..
Tete-de-pont :: Tete-de-pont (n.) A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead..
Ram :: Ram (v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc..
Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs..
Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..
Balustrade :: Balustrade (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building..
Rugate :: Rugate (a.) Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.
Upridged :: Upridged (a.) Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged..
Colloped :: Colloped (a.) Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops..
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime..
Bridgeless :: Bridgeless (a.) Having no bridge; not bridged.
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit..
Zalambdodont :: Zalambdodont (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it..
Wale :: Wale (n.) A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth..
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