Definition of Ridgel

1. Noun. A colt with undescended testicles.

Exact synonyms: Ridgeling, Ridgil, Ridgling
Generic synonyms: Colt

Definition of Ridgel

1. n. Same as Ridgelling.

Definition of Ridgel

1. Noun. (zoology) A ridgeling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ridgel

1. a ridgling [n -S] - See also: ridgling

Medical Definition of Ridgel

1. Same as Ridgelling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgel

ridge relation
ridge resorption
ridge rope
ridge tile
ridge vent
ridge vents
ridgeback
ridgebacks
ridgebone
ridgebones
ridged
ridged band
ridgehead
ridgeheads
ridgel (current term)
ridgelet
ridgelets
ridgelike
ridgeline
ridgelines
ridgelings
ridgels
ridgepiece
ridgepieces
ridgepole
ridgepoles
ridger
ridgerope

Literary usage of Ridgel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Gloucester (Mass.), Essex Institute (1917)
"ridgel (see also Rigel, Riggle), David, s. Mercy ridgel and John Riggs, jr., Feb. ... RIGEL (see also ridgel), John, s. John and Marcy, Oct. 19, 1728. ..."

2. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1839)
"AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF JOHN COTTINGHAM TO THAT OF JOHN ridgel. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, ..."

3. Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Live Stock: In which the by Richard Parkinson (1810)
"... he is what the shepherds term a close sheep, and will not procreate: if a sheep shew only one stone, he is what the shepherds call a ridgel, ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Rider, n. a piece of wood with which a pair of harrows is connected. ridgel, n. a half gelded animal. Right, adv. downright ''Er's a right good ..."

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