Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RIDGE, n. [Sax. rig, ricg, hric, hricg, the back; Sw. rygg; D. rug; G. rücken; Ice. hriggur. The Welsh has rhig, a notch or groove, and rhyç, a trench or furrow between ridges. The Dutch has reeks, a ridge, chain or series, and the Dan. rekke is a row, rank, range, a file, and a ridge, from the root of rekker, to reach. If connected with the latter word, the primary sense is to draw or stretch, L. rugo.]

1. The back or top of the back. – Hudibras.
2. A long or continued range of hills or mountains; or the upper part of such a range. We say, a long ridge of hills, or the highest ridge. – Milton. Ray.
3. A steep elevation, eminence or protuberance. Part rise in crystal wall, or ridge direct. – Milton.
4. A long rising land, or a strip of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows. – Ps. lxv. Mortimer.
5. The top of the roof of a building. – Moxon.
6. Any long elevation of land.
7. Ridges of a horse's mouth, are wrinkles or risings of flesh in the roof of the mouth. – Far. Dict.