Ridging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ridge \Ridge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Ridging}.]
     1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to
        make into a ridge or ridges.
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              Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back
              Of chafed wild boars.                 --Milton.
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     2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
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     3. To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." --Cowper.
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