The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.

The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

the line formed where two sides of a sloping or pitched roof meet. The ridge piece is a main timber running along the apex of the roof.

The line on a roof where sloped surfaces meet. Back to the top

The back, or top of the back; a crest.

A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.

a narrow highland between valleys, coves, or hollows; often terminates in a view or point: Crystal Ridge, Pitcher Ridge, Cline Ridge.

English, On a single edged sword blade, the narrow edge opposite the cutting edge; on a double edged sword blade, the strong point between the two cutting surfaces running the length of the blade.

A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.

To form into ridges with the plow, as land.

An expression for an individual raised strip, see land.

Raised line(s) on the rostrum of some cetaceans running longitudinally between blowhole and snout.