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Definition of Ridgeling
1. Noun. A colt with undescended testicles.
Definition of Ridgeling
1. n. A half-castrated male animal.
Definition of Ridgeling
1. Noun. male animal with at least one testicle still in the intestinal canal ¹
2. Noun. imperfectly castrated male ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ridgeling
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ridgeling
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgeling
Literary usage of Ridgeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"Proof that a horse Is a ridgeling will not support an indictment for the theft
... A ridgeling is the male of any beast half-gelt, and the fact that a horse ..."
2. American law reports annotated (1919)
"The exceptions saved were to the admis- sibility of any and all of the testimony
relating to the colt and the ridgeling, because defendant was charged alone ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"A ridgel or ridgeling, an animal half castrated. RIFLE. To raffle. (Always.)
RIP-RENDED. Broken, usually applied to bread. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... tend them well, and see them 1 In pastures fresh, and to their wat'ring I fed
I led; Г And 'ware the ridgeling with his butting head. ..."
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