Definition of ridge

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Ridge (n.) 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..

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Hostel :: Hostel (n.) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge..
Spineback :: Spine (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a 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..
Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
Dean :: Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college..
Bridgey :: Bridgey (a.) Full of bridges.
Bridgeing :: Bridgeing (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.
Wranglership :: Wranglership (n.) The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England..
Choke :: Choke (n.) The tied end of a cartridge.
Brig :: Brig (n.) A bridge.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..
Worm :: Worm (v. t.) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b)..
Noncontent :: Noncontent (n.) One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.
Viaduct :: Viaduct (n.) A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework..
Hornbeam :: Hornbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech..
Toll :: Toll (n.) A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like..
Bilamellated :: Bilamellated (a.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers..
Coleridgian :: Coleridgian (a.) Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc..
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
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