Ridge
Ridge (rij) , noun
[Old English rigge the back, Anglo-Saxon hrycg; akin to Dutch rug, German rucken, Old High German rucki, hrukki, Icelandic hryggr, Swedish rugg, Danish ryg. r16.]
1.
The back, or top of the back; a crest. — Hudibras
2.
A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
The frozen ridges of the Alps.
Part rise in crystal wall, or ridge direct.
3.
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.
4.
(Architecture) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
5.
(Fortification) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. — Stocqueler
Ridge , transitive verb
1.
To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back
Of chafed wild boars.
2.
To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
3.
To wrinkle.
With a forehead ridged.