ridgeln.

Brit.

/ˈrɪdʒl/, U.S.

/ˈrɪdʒ(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s ridgell, 1600s rigel, 1600s rigele, 1600s rigell, 1600s rigelle, 1600s rigil, 1600s–1800s ridgil, 1600s– ridgel, 1700s ridgill; English regional (chiefly northern and midlands) 1800s rigil, 1800s– ridgell, 1800s– ridgul (Worcestershire), 1800s– rudgel (south-west midlands), 1900s– ridgil.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ridge n.¹, -el suffix¹; riggold n.

Etymology: Either < ridge n.¹ + an uncertain suffix (perhaps compare -el suffix¹), or a remodelling of riggold n. after ridge n.¹ Compare earlier ridgeling n. Compare also earlier rig n.², riggold n., rigling n., riggon n., riggot n.¹, all in this sense and apparently ultimately reflecting forms of rig n.¹ rather than ridge n.¹ For the likely semantic motivation of these words see rig n.²The form riginal appearing alongside ridgel in quot. 1901 apparently reflects a widespread folk-etymological remodelling of the present word as though an aphetic variant of original n. (compare original in the same sense in quot. 1920 at riggot n.¹).

Now rare exc. regional.

= rig n.² Also in extended use.

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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > neutered animal > imperfectly neutered

riggold1410

ridgeling1555

riggot1559

rigling1563

ridgel1597

rig1851

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > whose genitals are undeveloped

riggold1410

ridgeling1555

riggot1559

rigling1563

riggon1567

ridgel1597

riggon tupa1642

rig1702

1597 in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 328 That no persone..shall put any ridgell tupp upon the moore..upon payne for euery ridgell so found xijd.

1622–3 in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 155 One branded rigelle whye, and a little blacke rigele stot.

1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 3 I hate a base cowardly drone, Worse then a Rigil ten to one.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 42 O Tity'rus, tend my Herd..And 'ware the Lybian Ridgils butting Head.

1714 J. Blanch Beaux Merchant iv. 55 I assure thee dear Pscecas, I am no Ridgel.

1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 290 Nearly as large..as those of the ridgill, the bull whose testicles never come down.

1811 Sporting Mag. 38 210 He would not give so much for a ridgil as for a clean-cut horse.

1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 42 Ridgling or ridgil..is still used in Tennessee and the West.

1901 17th Ann. Rep. Bureau Animal Industry 1900 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 347 The handling of ‘riginals’ (ridgels) should have a word here. If the one testicle which descends is removed, the riginal will not get kids, but he will bother the does.

2004 J. Gillespie & D. T. Learningor Mod. Livestock & Poultry Production (ed. 7) x. 211 A ridgeling or ridgel is a male in which one or both testicles are held in the body cavity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ridgel
释义	ridgeln. Brit. /ˈrɪdʒl/, U.S. /ˈrɪdʒ(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s ridgell, 1600s rigel, 1600s rigele, 1600s rigell, 1600s rigelle, 1600s rigil, 1600s–1800s ridgil, 1600s– ridgel, 1700s ridgill; English regional (chiefly northern and midlands) 1800s rigil, 1800s– ridgell, 1800s– ridgul (Worcestershire), 1800s– rudgel (south-west midlands), 1900s– ridgil. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ridge n.¹, -el suffix¹; riggold n. Etymology: Either < ridge n.¹ + an uncertain suffix (perhaps compare -el suffix¹), or a remodelling of riggold n. after ridge n.¹ Compare earlier ridgeling n. Compare also earlier rig n.², riggold n., rigling n., riggon n., riggot n.¹, all in this sense and apparently ultimately reflecting forms of rig n.¹ rather than ridge n.¹ For the likely semantic motivation of these words see rig n.²The form riginal appearing alongside ridgel in quot. 1901 apparently reflects a widespread folk-etymological remodelling of the present word as though an aphetic variant of original n. (compare original in the same sense in quot. 1920 at riggot n.¹). Now rare exc. regional. = rig n.² Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > neutered animal > imperfectly neutered riggold1410 ridgeling1555 riggot1559 rigling1563 ridgel1597 rig1851 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > whose genitals are undeveloped riggold1410 ridgeling1555 riggot1559 rigling1563 riggon1567 ridgel1597 riggon tupa1642 rig1702 1597 in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 328 That no persone..shall put any ridgell tupp upon the moore..upon payne for euery ridgell so found xijd. 1622–3 in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 155 One branded rigelle whye, and a little blacke rigele stot. 1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 3 I hate a base cowardly drone, Worse then a Rigil ten to one. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 42 O Tity'rus, tend my Herd..And 'ware the Lybian Ridgils butting Head. 1714 J. Blanch Beaux Merchant iv. 55 I assure thee dear Pscecas, I am no Ridgel. 1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 290 Nearly as large..as those of the ridgill, the bull whose testicles never come down. 1811 Sporting Mag. 38 210 He would not give so much for a ridgil as for a clean-cut horse. 1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 42 Ridgling or ridgil..is still used in Tennessee and the West. 1901 17th Ann. Rep. Bureau Animal Industry 1900 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 347 The handling of ‘riginals’ (ridgels) should have a word here. If the one testicle which descends is removed, the riginal will not get kids, but he will bother the does. 2004 J. Gillespie & D. T. Learningor Mod. Livestock & Poultry Production (ed. 7) x. 211 A ridgeling or ridgel is a male in which one or both testicles are held in the body cavity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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