Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In drains and other piping, a ridge which prevents one section slipping too far over another at the joints. Examples have been found in excavations of prehistoric Cnosus in Crete.
- noun A band slightly elevated upon the surface of a blade or a similar part of an implement, intended to stop and hold it in the proper place, as in the handle. In stone celts the presence of such a stop-ridge marks a certain class or category.
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Examples
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A more practical method was to place the head in a handle having a forked head, and the origin of the stop-ridge was to prevent the two sides coming down too low on to the blade.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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Several of the Irish palstaves have a shield-shaped ornament below the stop-ridge.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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No trace of a stop-ridge is ever found on copper celts.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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This period includes the later type of celts with increased stop-ridge and flanges (palstaves), and some of the earlier forms of socketed celts, long rapiers, the earlier type of leaf-shaped swords, and the looped and leaf-shaped spear-heads, gold torcs, and possibly some of the bronze fibulæ, and sickles without sockets; the disk-headed pins and bronze razors may be placed either at the end of this time or the beginning of the next period.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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The first step was the broadening of the cutting-edge, and moving the thickest part up to the centre of the blade; the next step was hammering the sides to make flanges to grip the handle more securely; a stop-ridge was then added to prevent the handle slipping down over the blade; and the latter forms are reached by increasing the flanges and broadening the stop-ridge; in its last forms the wings are increased at the expense of the stop-ridge; and the final socketed form is reached by leaving out the centre division between the wings.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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'Jamming was carefully prevented by a stop-ridge that ran round the outside of each narrow end a few inches from the mouth, while the inside of the butt, or broader end, was provided with a raised collar that enabled it to bear the pressure of the next pipe's stop-ridge, and gave an extra hold for the cement that bound the two pipes together' [*] (Plate XX.
The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898
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