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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ledge \Ledge\ (l[e^]j), n. [Akin to AS licgan to lie, Icel. liggja cf Icel. l["o]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [Formerly written {lidge}.] 1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also that which resembles such a shelf in form or use as a projecting ridge or part or a molding or edge in joinery. 2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. 3. A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H. Wotton. 4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. 5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ledge n : a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water [syn: {shelf}]
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