† ridgewaysadv.
Obsolete.
= ridgewise adv.
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1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xv. 104 Placing the largest in the first ranks, then sloping downwards ridgewayes, like the back of an Asse.
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 21 On the Top..is an Umbrella, made Ridge-ways, like the Roof of an House.
1764 P. Miller tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elements Agric. I. ii. i. 90 When the turfs are loosened, some women follow, and set them one against the other ridge-ways.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 11 Blending the whole together into an heap ridgeways.
1879 T. H. S. Escott England I. ii. 18 He is strolling through one of Farmer A.'s fields, and..is taking up and smelling..some of the grass which has just fallen ridgeways before the mower's scythe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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