or redge, subs. (old).—Gold: manufactured or specie: in latter case specifically = a guinea. Whence, RIDGE-MONTRA = a gold watch; CLY FULL OF RIDGE = a pocket-full of money; RIDGE-CULLY = a goldsmith.—B. E. (c. 1696); PARKER (1781); GROSE (1785); VAUX (1812).
