or ridge, subs. (old).—Gold: see RED, subs. 1. Hence REDGE-CULLY = a goldsmith.
1665. R. HEAD, The English Rogue (1874), I. v. 52, s.v. RIDGE-CULLY.
1741. Kentish Post, No. 2479, 4, I., s.v.
1834. W. H. AINSWORTH, Rookwood, III. v. With my thimble [watch] of RIDGE.
