ridgy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ridgy
Example Sentences
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To this Deucalion with his consort driven O'er ridgy billows in his bark clung close; For all was sea beside.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
Far forward and to the right, he saw woods and ridgy uplands, and purple-blue beyond the uplands a range of ragged hills.
From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
What now constitutes the central calcareous chain of the Apennines must for a long time have been a narrow ridgy peninsula, branching off, at its northern extremity, from the Alps near Savona.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The interior shows evident marks of extreme age, the flooring being ridgy and seamed, bearing their marks with a discontented creaking, like the secret murmurs of a faded beauty against her wrinkles!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
Then up started the hair on his ridgy back, and thrash, thrash, to and fro, like a mad cat's, throbbed his tail! and he snuffed for my track again.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
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