ridgy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ridgy
Example Sentences
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For a little while he loitered on the esplanade, gazing out toward the sea, the ridgy waves of which were sparkling like emeralds tipped with diamonds in the grand glow of the setting sun.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various
High, ridgy, free, loamy country is usually the most free from frost, and alluvial flats the most liable to it. 2nd.—Soils of the Coastal Tablelands, suitable for the Growth of Deciduous Fruit.
From Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson
O! how unlike the wither'd, wan, forlorn, And limping Winter, that o'er russet moors, Grey ridgy fields, and ice-incrusted shores, Strays!—and commands his rising Winds to mourn.
From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Anna Seward
He was driving me through some ridgy country where the grass in the gullies was very long and rank.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by W. H. (William Henry) Corfield
It is a fearful night; a feeble glare Streams from the sick moon in the overclouded sky, The ridgy billows, with a mighty cry, Rush on the foamy beaches wild and bare.
From Sharing Her Crime by May Agnes Fleming
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