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Webster 1913 Edition


Ridgeling

Ridge′ling

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
riggilt
,
riggot
, ananimal half castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G.
rigel
,
rig
, a barrow hog,
rigler
a cock half castrated.]
(Zool.)
A half-castrated male animal.

Definition 2024


ridgeling

ridgeling

English

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Noun

ridgeling (plural ridgelings)

  1. male animal with at least one testicle still in the intestinal canal
  2. imperfectly castrated male

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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