Definition of ridge

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Ridge (n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

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Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..
Hip :: Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord..
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state..
Bridge :: Bridge (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument..
Rib :: Rib (n.) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth..
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..
Inched :: Inched (a.) Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge..
Currycomb :: Currycomb (n.) A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in currying a horse..
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..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..
Rideau :: Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Footbridge :: Footbridge (n.) A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..
Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..
Gruel :: Gruel (n.) A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge..
Os :: Os (n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar..
Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses..
Partridge :: Partridge (n.) The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
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