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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Hostel :: Hostel (n.) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge..
Loblolly :: Loblolly (n.) Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
Hosteler :: Hosteler (n.) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth..
Side :: Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge..
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..
Hummock :: Hummock (n.) A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
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..
Ridgeling :: Ridgeling (n.) A half-castrated male animal.
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..
Tupelo :: Tupelo (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge..
Currycomb :: Currycomb (n.) A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in currying a horse..
Compendious :: Compendious (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
Chesses :: Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge..
Langridge :: Langridge (n.) See Langrage.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
Partridge :: Partridge (n.) Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird..
Ridgeplate :: Ridgeplate (n.) See Ridgepole.
Bridgeless :: Bridgeless (a.) Having no bridge; not bridged.
Quartridge :: Quartridge (n.) Quarterage.
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