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Definition of Ridgel
1. Noun. A colt with undescended testicles.
Definition of Ridgel
1. n. Same as Ridgelling.
Definition of Ridgel
1. Noun. (zoology) A ridgeling. ¹
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Definition of Ridgel
1. a ridgling [n -S] - See also: ridgling
Medical Definition of Ridgel
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgel
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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