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See riddles. rident. An obsolete preterit plural of ride. rident (ri'dent), a. [L. riden ( t- ) s, ppr. of ri dere (> It. ridere = Sp. reir = Pg. rir = Cat. riurer = Pr. rir, rire = F. rire ), laugh. Hence (from L. videre ) arride, deride, ridiculous, risi ble, etc., also riant (a doublet of rident ).] Smiling broadly; grinning. A smile so wide and steady, so exceedingly rident , indeed, as almost to be ridiculous, may be drawn upon the buxom face, if the artist chooses to attempt it. Thackeray , New comes, xxiv. ride-officer (rīd'of"i-sėr), п . An excise-officer who makes his rounds on horseback; the officer of a ride. rider (ri'der), n. [ Piers Plowman (A), xi. 208. The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Ex. xv. 1. Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes. Shak ., Lover's Complaint, 1. 107. The weary steed of Pelleas floundering flung His rider. Tennyson , Pelleas and Ettarre. 21. A mounted reaver or robber. In Ewsdale, Eight and Forty notorious Riders are hung on growing Trees, the most famous of which was John Armstrong. Drummond , Works, p. 99. 3. Formerly, one who traveled for a mercantile house to collect orders, money, etc.: now called a traveler or (in the United States) drummer . They come to us as riders in a trade, And with much art exhibit and persuade. Crabbe, Works, II. 53. 4. In hort., a budded or grafted standard or stock branching from a main or parent trunk or stem.-5. A knight. [Archaic.] He dubbed his youngest son, the Æthe ling Henry, to rider or knight. Freeman , Norman Conquest, IV. 471. 6. Any device straddling something; something mounted upon or attached to something else. Especially - (a) A small piece of platinum or aluminium set astride of the beam of a balance, and moved from or toward the fulcrum in determining results requiring weights of the utmost delicacy. (b) A small piece of paper or other light substance placed on a wire or string to measure or mark distance. We measure the distance between the two [nodes], and cut the wire so that its total length shall be a multiple of this length, and then we proceed to find all the nodes, and mark them by paper riders . Pop . Sci . Mo. , XXXV. 573. (c) Anything saddled upon or attached to a record, document, statement, etc., after its supposed completion; specifically, an additional clause, as to a bill in Congre . Vholes finally adds, by way of rider to this declaration of his principles, that as Mr. Car stone is about to rejoin his regiment, perhaps Mr. C. will favour him with an order on his agent for twenty pounds. Dickens , Bleak House, xxxix. IMG:content-2274.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2275.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2276.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2277.png:[blocks in formation] rider-roll (rī'dėr-rōl), n. made to a roll or record. See rider , 5 (c). ridge (rij), n. [ rygge ; also with- out a ibilation rig , ryg, rug (> E. dial. rig ), hrycg , the back of a man or beast, = MD. rugge, D. rug =OLG. ruggi , MLG. rugge = OHG. hrucci, brucki, ruck i, MHG. rucke , rücke , G. rücken = Icel. hryggr = Sw. rygg = Dan. ryg , the back; cf. Ir. crocen , skin, back.] 1. The His ryche robe he to rof of his rigge naked, And of a hepe of askes he hitte in the myddez. 2. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip; a long and narrow pile sloping at the sides; specifically, a long elevation of land, or the summit of such an elevation; an ex- tended hill or mountain. Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps, Or any other ground inhabitable. Of carded wool, which the old man had piled. Words worth, The Brothers. 3. In agri ., a strip of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows; a bed of ground formed by furrow-slices running the whole length of the field, varying in breadth accord- ing to circumstances, and divided from another by gutters or open furrows, parallel to each other, which last serve as guides to the hand and eye of the sower, to the reapers, and also for the application of manures in a regular man- In wet soils they also serve as drains for carrying off the surface-water. In Wales, for- merly, a measure of land, 20 feet. IMG:content-2278.jpg:[blocks in formation] 4. The highest part of the roof of a building; specifically, the meeting of the upper ends of the rafters. When the upper ends of the rafters abut against a horizontal piece of timber, it is called a ridge. pole. Ridge also denotes the internal angle or nook of a vault. See cut under roof . 2. In zoöl ., carinate; costate; having ridges or car inæ on a surface, generally longitudinal ones. When the ridges run cro wise, the sur- face is said to be transversely ridged .-3. Ris- ing in a ridge or ridges; ridgy. The sharp clear twang of the golden chords Runs up the ridged sea. Tennyson , Sea-Fairies. ridge-drill (rij'dril), n. In agri ., a seed-drill adapted to sowing seeds upon the ridges of a listed field. Compare list4 , n., 10, and listing- plow . ridge-harrow (rij'har"ō), n. In agri ., a harrow hinged longitudinally so that it can lap upon the sides of a ridge over which it pa es. E. H. Knight. ridge-hoe (rij'hō), n. A horse-hoe operating on the same principle as a ridge-plow. ridgel, ridgil (rij'el, -il), n . [Also rig (of which ridgel may be a dim. form), rigsie ; origin uncer- tain; ef. Sc. riglan, rigland , rig - widdie , a nag, a horse half-castrated, riggot , an animal half- castrated.] A male animal with one testicle removed or wanting. Also ridgeling , ridgling . O Tityrus, tend my herd, and see them fed, To morning pastures, evening waters, led; And 'ware the Libyan ridgil's butting head. Trans. Amer. Philol . A ., XVII. 42. A little ridge let (rij'let), n . [ ridge + -let.) ridge. Encyc. Brit ., I. 368. 5. In fort ., the highest portion of the glacis, pro- ceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.-6. In an at . and zoöl . , a prominent bor- der; an elevated line, or crest; a lineal protu- berance: said especially of rough elevations on bones for muscular or ligamentous attachments: as, the superciliary, occipital, mylohyoid, con- dylar, etc., ridges.-7. A succe ion of small proce es along the small abaft the hump of a sperm-whale, or the top of the back just for ridgeling (rij'ling), n. [Also ridgling ; appar. ward of the small. The ridge is thickest just around the hump. See scrag -whale.-8. One ridge-piece (rij'pēs), n. of the several linear elevations of the lining ridge-plate (rij'plāt), n. membrane of the roof of a horse's mouth, more ridge-plow (rij'plou), n . commonly called bars . Similar ridges occur on the hard palate of most mammals. - Bicipital ridges. See bicipital . - Dental ridge a thick ridge of epithelium just over the spot where the future dental structures are to be formed. Frontal, genital, gluteal, inter antennal ridge. See the adjectives. Maxillary ridge. Same as dental ridge .-Mylohyoid ridge. See mylohyoid.--Neural ridge, a series of enlargements along the borders of the medullary plates, from which the dorsal spinal nerves originate. More commonly called neural crest. Oblique ridge of the trapezium, of the ulna. See oblique . Palatine, pectineal, pectoral, ptery- goid ridge. See the adjectives. - Ridge rib. See ribl . - Ridge-roll, a batten with a rounded face, over which the sheathing of lead or other metal is bent on the ridges and hips of a roof. Also called ridge - batten . - Sagittal, superciliary ridge. See the adjectives. - Temporal ridges. See temporal lines (under line2 ), and cut under parietal . ridge (rij), v .; pret. and pp. ridged , ppr. ridging . [ ryggen ; from the noun: see ridge , n.] I. trans. To cover or mark with ridges; rib. Were bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chaf'd wild boars, or ruffled porcupines. The Biscay, roughly ridging eastward, shook And almost overwhelm'd her. ridge-band (rij'band), n . That part of the har- ne of a cart-, wagon-, or gig-horse which goes ridge-bonet ridge-bonet (rijeon), (rij'bon), n. [ rygge - bone , rig- bone , hrycg - ban (= D. ruggebeen , rugbeen OHG. hruckipein , ruccipeini , MHG. rückebein Sw.ryggben =Dan. rygben ), backbone, spine, hrycg , back, ban , bone.] The spine or So ryde thay of by resoun bi the rygge bonez Euenden to the haunche. ridge-pole (rij'pol), n . the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are fastened. Also called ridge - plate or ridge - piece . See cut under roof . - Ridge-pole pine. See pinel . ridger (rij'er), n . 1. That which makes a ridge or ridges. ridge-tile (rij'tīl), n. In arch ., same as crown- tile , 2. ridgil, n. See ridgel . ridging-gra (rij'ing-gras), n. A coarse gra , Andropogon ( An a the rum ) bicorn is , of tropical America. [West Indies.] ridging-plow (rij'ing-plou), n. Same as ridge- plow. ridgling (rij'ling), n . Same as ridgel . ridgy (rij'i), a . [ ridge + -y1.] Rising in a ridge or ridges; ridged. Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand. Crabbe, Works, II. 10. Scant along the ridgy land The beans their new-born ranks expand. I would fain now see them rolled Down a hill, or from a bridge Headlong cast, to break their ridge- Bones . B. Jonson, Masque of Oberon. There the pore preseth bifor the riche with a pakke at his rugge . Piers Plowman (B), xiv. 212. us, I made out the horns, neck, and the ridge of the back of a tremendous old bull. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 186, a ridge or back; having an angular, projecting backbone. ridicule ridiculel (rid'i-kūl), n. [Early mod. E. ridicle; = Sp. ridículo = It. ridicolo, mockery, effect. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. Pope , Imit. of Horace, II. i. 79. Foote po e ed a rich talent for ridicule , which tinted vividly the genius for satire that shone within him. Jon Bee , E ay on Samuel Foote, p. v. 2. An object of mockery or contemptuous jesting. They began to hate me likewise, and to turn my equipage into ridicule . Fielding , Amelia, iii. 12. 31. Ridiculousne . It does not want any great measure of sense to see the ridicule of this monstrous practice. Add is on , Spectator, No. 18. At the same time that I see all their ridicules, there is a douceur in the society of the women of fashion that captivates me. H. Walpole, To Chute, Jan., 1766. =Syn. 1. Derision, mockery, gibe, jeer, sneer. See satire, ludicrous, and banter, v. 5173 A man once informed me that the death by drowning of a relative was "most ridiculous ." N. and Q., 7th ser., IX. 453. = Syn. 1. Funny , Laughable , etc. (see ludicrous ), absurd, preposterous, farcical. ridiculously (ri-dik'ū-lus-li), adv . In a ridiculous manner; laughably; absurdly. ridiculousne (ri-dik'ū-lus-nes), n . The character of being ridiculous, laughable, or absurd. riding1 (ri'ding), n . [ rydynge ; verbal n. of ride , v.] 1. The act of going on horseback, or in a carriage, etc. See ride , v . Specifically-2†. A festival proce ion. Whan ther any ridyng was in Chepe, Out of the shoppe thider wolde he lepe, Til that he hadde al the sighte yseyn. Chaucer, Cook's Tale, 1. 13. On the return of Edward I. from his victory over the Scots in 1298 occurred the earliest exhibition of shows connected with the City trades. These proce ions were in England frequently called ridings . A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., I. 80. 3. Same as ride , 3. The lodge is... built in the form of a star, having round about a garden framed into like points; and beyond the garden ridings cut out, each answering the angles of the lodge. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, i. The riding of the witch, the nightmare. Hall i well . riding2 (ri'ding), n. [Prop. * thriding , the lo of th being prob. due to the wrong division of the riding), Sou liculed, ridiculel (rid'i-kül), v.; pret. and pp. ridiculed, ppr. ridiculing. [ I've known the young, who ridicul'd his rage, Love's humblest va als, when oppre 'd with age. Grainger, tr. of Tibullus, i. 5. =Syn. Deride , Mock , etc. (see taunt ), jeer at, scoff at, scout; rally, make fun of, lampoon. See the noun. ompounds North - thriding (corrupted to Nor the riding ), South - thriding, South - thriding, East - thriding, East - thriding, West - thri ding; II. in trans . To bring ridicule upon a person or thing; make some one or something ridicucounty of York, on the borders of Lancashire. IMG:content-2279.png:[blocks in formation] ridiculizet (ri-dik'ū-līz), v. t. [F. ridiculiser, turn into ridicule, = Sp. Pg. ridiculizar; as rid i cule1 + -ize.] To make ridiculous; ridicule. My heart still trembling lest the false alarms That words oft strike-up should ridiculize me. Chapman , Ody ey, xxiii. 333. ridiculosity (ri-dik-ū-los'i-ti), n.; pl. ridiculosi ties (-tiz). [= It. ridicolosità ; ridiculosus , laughable, facetious (see ridiculous ), + -ity.] The character of being ridiculous; ridiculousne ; hence, anything that arouses laughter; a jest or joke. Shut up your ill-natured Muses at Home with your Busine , but bring your good-natured Muses, all your witty Jests, your By-words, your Banters, your Pleasantries, your pretty Sayings, and all your Ridiculosities, along with you. N. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 120. ridiculous (ri-dik'ū-lus), a. [L. ridiculus, laughable, ridiculous: see ridicule, a.] 1. Worthy of ridicule or contemptuous laughter; exciting derision; amusingly absurd; prepos terous. Those that are good manners at the court are as ridic ulous in the country as the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the court. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 47. 2t. Expre ive of ridicule; derisive; mocking. He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous: and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted. Ecclus. xxxiv. 18. Shak., L. L. L., iii. 1. 78. The heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous smiling. 3. Abominable; outrageous; shocking. [Obsolete or provincial.] A Nazarite in place abominable Vaunting my strength in honour to their Dagon! Besides, how vile, contemptible, ridiculous ! What act more execrably unclean, profane? Milton , S. A., 1. 1361. In the South we often say, "That's a ridiculous affair," when we really mean outrageous. It seems to be so used sometimes in the North. Trans. Amer . Philol . A ., XVII. 43. This [ ridiculous ] is used in a very different sense in some counties from its original meaning. Something very indecent and improper is understood by it: as, any violent attack upon a woman's chastity is called "very ridiculous behaviour"; a very disorderly and ill-conducted house is also called a " ridiculous one." Hall i well. Gisborne is a market town in the west riding of the Quoted in Child's Ballads, V. 159. The most skilled housewife in all the three Ridings . Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, v. Lincoln shire was divided into three parts, Lindsey, Kest even, and Holland; Lindsey was subdivided into three ridings , North, West, and South. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 45. riding-bitts (rī'ding-bits), n . pl . The bitts to which a ship's cable is secured when riding at anchor. riding-boot (rī'ding-böt), n . A kind of high boot worn in riding. With such a tramp of his ponderous riding - boots as might of itself have been audible in the remotest of the seven gables, he advanced to the door, which the servant pointed Hawthorne, Seven Gables, i. out. riding-clerk† (rī'ding-klėrk), n. 1. A mercantile traveler. Imp. Dict.-2. Formerly, one of six clerks in Chancery, each of whom in his turn, for one year, kept the controlment-books of all grants that pa ed the great seal. The six clerks were superseded by the clerks of records and writs. Rapalje and Lawrence. riding-day (rī'ding-dā), n. A day given up to a hostile incursion on horseback. Scott. riding-glove (ri'ding-gluv), n. A stout, heavy glove worn in riding; a gauntlet. The walls were adorned with old-fashioned lithographs, principally portraits of country gentlemen with high collars and riding - gloves . The Century , XXXVI. 123. riding-graith (ri'ding-grāth), n. See graith. riding-habit (ri'ding-habit), n. See habit , 5. riding-hood (ri'ding-hud), п . A hood used by women in the eighteenth century, and perhaps earlier, when traveling or exposed to the weather, the use of it depending on the style of head-dre or coiffure in fashion of the time. Good housewives all the winter's rage despise, Defended by the riding - hood's disguise. Gay , Trivia, i. 210. riding-houset (rī'ding-hous), n. Same as rid ing - school .