Definition of Ridgings

1. ridging [n] - See also: ridging

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgings

ridgeropes
ridgers
ridges
ridgeside
ridgesides
ridgetop
ridgetops
ridgewalking
ridgeway
ridgeways
ridgier
ridgiest
ridgil
ridgils
ridging
ridgings (current term)
ridglings
ridgy
ridgy-didge
ridibund
ridicle
ridicule
ridiculed
ridiculer
ridiculers
ridicules
ridiculing
ridiculize
ridiculized

Literary usage of Ridgings

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

1. The Origin of Mountain Ranges Considered Experimentally, Structurally by Thomas Mellard Reade (1886)
"The form and direction of these ridgings can be to a large extent governed by the manner in which the heat is applied. If a regular heat is applied ..."

2. The Origin of Mountain Ranges Considered Experimentally, Structurally by Thomas Mellard Reade (1886)
"The form and direction of these ridgings can be to a large extent governed by the manner in which the heat is applied. If a regular heat is applied ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"What Mr. Reade's theory is, may be stated nearly in his own words. Mountain ranges, according to him, are ridgings up of ..."

4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"An interesting feature of the inner slope of the north moraine is a series of ridgings which remain parallel to the main crest of the moraine for some two ..."

5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1894)
"These lateral expansions take the form of ridging up; matter is actually moved towards the axis of expansion so that the ridgings up become permanent ..."

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