ridgy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ridgy
Example Sentences
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Bark.—Bark of trunk when young, smooth, yellowish-green, in old trees becoming grayish-brown and ridgy; smaller branchlets greenish-yellow; season's shoots pale green or sometimes reddish-purple, smooth and shining or sometimes glaucous.
From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low
On the Col he had, as it were, stood aloof, and looked abroad on a vast and glorious region; now, he was involved in its rocky, ridgy, woody details.
From Rivers of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
On this hand is a stream of water, clear as crystal; on that is the ridgy, wavy, lofty mass of a purple Alp.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
Pip said later: “I suppose myself to be better acquainted than any living authority with the ridgy effect of a wedding ring passing unsympathetically over the human countenance.”
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
In this interesting progress, on the ridgy summit of the high hills bordering the Usk, our prospects were delightful.
From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.
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