单词 | ridging |
释义 | ridgingn. 1. The ridge or roof of a house. Formerly also: †the action of making or covering the ridge (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > ridge ridgeOE rig1327 ridging1458 rigging1503 fust1679 fastigium1706 ridgeline1730 roof ridge1771 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > ridging rigging1378 ridging1458 1458 in W. S. Simpson Visitations of Churches St. Paul's (1895) 96 Est que ibidem vnum latrinum stramine cooperaturo et indiget reparacioni cum stramine et in ryggyng. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enfaisture, a ridge, or a ridging; or the frame of a ridge, roofe, or house top. 1637 J. Roberts Compl. Cannoniere 36 They [sc. Powder-chests] are to be made first of three boords, two to be nayled together like the ridging of a house, and one longer and broader to the bottome thereof. 1730 R. Budgen Passage of Hurricane 9 Mr John Collier had..the ridging of the house unheeled. 1792 Patent in Repertory Arts & Manufactures (1798) IX. lii. 226 These are to be affixed..to poles or pieces of wood, extending from east to west, like the ridging of the roof of a house. 1820 Kirby's Wonderful & Eccentric Museum 6 14 A stack of chimneys..took off most part of the ridging of the house. 1864 E. Waugh Dead Man's Dinner 10 From the cellar to the ridging. 1911 J. H. Teschmacher Pract. Sheet Metal Work II. 65 Forming ridging and gutters on the cornice brake. 1962 Folklore Stud. 21 207 The cross-thatching which forms the ridging of the roof is called bubong. 2005 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 20 Oct. 6 The new case officer wanted..changes to the windows and ridging. 2. a. The action of ploughing in ridges. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval ridging1499 upheaving1821 upthrow1833 upheaval1838 upheavement1841 uplifting1845 upthrust1846 uplift1853 upraisal1865 bradyseism1896 upwarping1954 updoming1964 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing in ridges ridging1499 balking1549 raftering1724 round ridging1756 upsetting1784 rafter ridging1838 1499–1500 in D. Dymond Reg. Thetford Priory (1995) I. 123 For reggyng in the Pond Yard. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 555 In October you shall giue it the fourth ardor or earing, which is called Winter-ridging. 1726 B. Whitmill Kalendarium Universale 241 Turning and Ridging of Walks is a real Tillage, and adds Fertility to them, to the future Increase of Grass and Weeds. 1796 J. Donaldson Mod. Agric. IV. xxx. 63 It is hardly necessary to observe, that the whole ridging, harrowing, &c. is done by manual labour. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 647 The ridging up of the land may be of utility. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 224 Sometimes two ridges are set up against each other, which is called ridging or bouting. 1873 Southern Farm & Home May 254/1 After the ridging is done, it will pay well to rake the crowns of the ridges down with a fine-toothed garden-rake. 1916 E. G. Montgomery Productive Farm Crops xxvii. 227 A more simple method of planting is one which omits ridging and places the seed in furrows which are run level with the adjacent surface by a single trip of a shallow plow. 1958 H. G. Sanders Outl. Brit. Crop Husbandry (ed. 3) 172 Commonly ridging up will be started forthwith. This is done with the ordinary double-mould plough or by the three-row ridger. 1990 R. Staines Market Gardening v. 62 Weed control is only necessary until the crop covers the ground, and it can be done either chemically or mechanically by ridging. b. The state or condition of being ridged; ridges, ridged material; an instance of this. Also: the action of rising in ridges. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] corrugation1528 ridginga1703 a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 339 The flating, crenating, depressing, ridging, stringing, and the like, ornamenting, as it were, of the outward sides of this voluted conical Body. 1847 Romance of Geol. 17 in Chambers's Misc. 2 Slabs of sandstone often bear ripple marks, or wavy ridgings. 1897 A. Geikie Anc. Volcanoes Brit. I. 12 The ridging up of any part of the terrestrial crust. 1904 Man 4 146 The direction of the flakes alter through 180 degrees, and continuing round make a herring-bone ridging at a point which changes with the shape of the edge. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) ii. 22 He felt the ridging of sweaty cloth cut into his perineum. Compounds General attributive. a. (In sense 1.) ridging grass, ridging stone, ridging tile, ridging tree, etc. ΚΠ 1752 J. Ray Compl. Hist. Rebell. 311 The spy was hanged on what they call the ridging-tree of a house. 1753 J. Marchant Lusus Juveniles 109 The Ark in vain you ladder-up, And lodge upon the ridging Top. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 431 At Coburn Quarry..Ridging-stones, a substitute for Ridge-Tiles, are prepared. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. x. §2286 Ridging, roofing, and flooring tiles. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Ridging grass, Anatherum bicorne. 1900 C. G. Rogers Man. Forest Engin. India I. ii. vi. 225 (caption) Cross-sections of the two forms of ridging tiles in common use. 1976 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 15 Dec. i. 11/8 (advt.) Chimney Stacks and Ridging Tiles. Work guaranteed. 1994 W. C. Cullen in Roofing Res. & Standards Devel. III. 10 The frequency of blistering, splitting and ridging problems was equivalent to the frequency of similar problems with membranes constructed with asphalt. b. (In sense 2a.) ridging plough, ridging hoe, etc. ΚΠ 1754 J. Justice Scots Gardiners Director 195 I would use most of my Cow Dung which I rot for my Flower-garden in the ridging hot-bed Manner. 1771 L. Carter Diary 8 Feb. (1965) I. 537 He..throws the earth into the middle like a ridging bed. 1777 J. Black Observ. Tillage Earth 38 No invention..can approach to the pulveration of tilth, to be made by the hoeing and earthing with the ridging double mold-board plough. 1836 T. Bridgeman Kitchen Gardener's Instructor 99 If the ridging system be adopted..Melons may be obtained one month earlier than the usual time. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1939/2 A ridging-plow, the wings of which are expanded or contracted by segmental racks and a pinion. 1890 H. W. Wiley Sugar-beet Industry 84 It is well to throw a little dirt against them so as to form a slight ridge. This can be done by a ridging hoe. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) i. xi. 85 (caption) It can be converted..into a double-breasted or ridging plough. 1954 R. H. Cochrane Farm Machinery & Tractors (ed. 2) 11 The ridging body is made up of two mouldboards mounted on a beam. 1974 J. Seymour Fat of Land (new ed.) iv. 54 We used a ‘jalo’ wheel hoe—with a ridging attachment. 1995 Farmers Weekly 31 Mar. 129/1 (advt.) Hassia 2 row potato planter with ridging bodies £750. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ridgingadj. Chiefly poetic. That rises up in a ridge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [adjective] > rising into ridge(s) balkeninga1552 ridging1819 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged ridged1324 rigged1545 crested1578 ribbed1583 ridgy1591 balked1597 ribby1706 rippleda1729 ridging1819 welted1899 1819 G. Woodley Cornubia ii. 41 Yonder, at distance, o'er the ridging land, See Whitsand Bay its ample breast expand. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche ii. xxix. 25 Hid from earth by ridging summits twain, They came upon a valley. 1918 Condor 20 132 She would ride up on the ridging wave, cut the foam with the bill straight ahead of her. 1999 M. Garstang & D. Fitzgarrald Observ. Surface to Atmosphere Interactions in Tropics i. 31 Ridging anticyclones elevate the control of high pressure systems to about one-third of all days in midsummer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1458adj.1819 |
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