RIDGY
RIDG'Y, adjective Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RIDICULE
RID'ICULE, noun [Latin ridiculum, from rideo, to laugh or laugh at.]1. Contemptuous laughter; laughter with some degree of contempt; derision. It expresses less than scorn. ridi...
RIDICULED
RID'ICULED, participle passive Treated with laughter and contempt; derided.
RIDICULER
RID'ICULER, noun One that ridicules.
RIDICULING
RID'ICULING, participle present tense Laughing at in contempt; exposing to contempt and derision.
RIDICULOUS
RIDIC'ULOUS, adjective [Latin ridiculus.]That may justly excite laughter with contempt; as a ridiculous dress; ridiculous behavior. A fop and a dandy are ridiculous in their dress.
RIDICULOUSLY
RIDIC'ULOUSLY, adverb In a manner worthy of contemptuous merriment; as a man ridiculously vain.
RIDICULOUSNESS
RIDIC'ULOUSNESS, noun The quality of being ridiculous; as the ridiculousness of worshiping idols.
RIDING
RI'DING, participle present tense [from ride.]1. Passing or traveling on a beast or in a vehicle; floating.2.adjective Employed to travel on any occasion.No suffragan bishop sha...
RIDING-CLERK
RI'DING-CLERK, noun In England, one of the six clerks in chancery.
RIDING-COAT
RI'DING-COAT, noun A coat for riding on a journey.
RIDING-HABIT
RI'DING-HABIT, noun A garment worn by females when they ride or travel.
RIDING-HOOD
RI'DING-HOOD, noun A hood used by females when they ride; a kind of cloak with a hood.
RIDING-SCHOOL
RI'DING-SCHOOL, noun A school or place where the art of riding is taught. It may in some places be called a riding-house.
RIDOTTO
RIDOT'TO, noun [Latin reductus.]1. A public assembly.2. A musical entertainment consisting of singing and dancing, in the latter of which the whole company join.
RIE
RIE. [See Rye.]
RIFE
RIFE, adjective [Heb. to multiply.]Prevailing; prevalent. It is used of epidemic diseases.The plague was then rife in Hungary.
RIFELY
RI'FELY, adverb Prevalently; frequently.It was rifely reported that the Turks were coming in a great fleet.
RIFENESS
RI'FENESS, noun Frequency; prevalence.
RIFFRAFF
RIFF'RAFF, noun Sweepings; refuse.
RIFLE
RI'FLE, verb transitive [This is one of the family of rip, rive, reap, raffle, Latin rapio. Eng. rub, etc.]1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away.Till time shall rif...
RIFLED
RI'FLED, participle passive Seized and carried away by violence; pillaged; channeled.
RIFLEMAN
RI'FLEMAN, noun A man armed with a rifle.
RIFLER
RI'FLER, noun A robber; one that seizes and bears away by violence.
RIFLING
RI'FLING, participle present tense Plundering; seizing and carrying away by violence; grooving.
RIFT
RIFT, noun [from rive.] A cleft; a fissure; an opening made by riving or splitting.RIFT, verb transitive to cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock.RIFT, verb in...
RIFTED
RIFT'ED, participle passive split; rent; cleft.