RIDGE

Definitions

1. 1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. Hudibras.
2. 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." Shak. Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. Milton.
3. 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. 4. 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. 5. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. Stocqueler.