sand-ridgen.
A ridge of sand; a sandbank.
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c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) ix. 75 Haec syrtis þes sandhricg.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 210 This Banke or Sand-ridge, Portland.
1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 674 Westerham..lies between the sand-ridge and the chalk-ridge.
Derivatives
ˈsand-ridged adj.
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1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 417 The lagoons behind the sand-ridged beach.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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