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RIDGE (a word.
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common to many
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Teutonic
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languages, meaning " back," whether of a
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man or an
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animal, cf.
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German Rucke)  , the word applied to many
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objects resembling the projecting
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line of an
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animal's back, such as the
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strip of
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soil thrown up by a plough between furrows, the elevations or protuberances on bones which serve for the
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attachment of muscles or ligaments, &c . In
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architecture the
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ridge (Fr. faite, crfte; Gr . First; Ital. asinello) is the highest portion of a roof, which is covered with
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lead,
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slate, or tiles, and some-times decorated with a cresting in terra-
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cotta or
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metal-
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work . The
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term is also applied to the
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meeting of the
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common rafters on each
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side of a roof, which are sometimes butted against an upright
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board known as the ridge-piece . For the ridge-
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rib see RIB .

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