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Unrigged vs Unridged - What's the difference?

unrigged | unridged |

As adjectives the difference between unrigged and unridged

is that unrigged is not rigged; not having the rigging up while unridged is not ridged; without ridges.

unrigged

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (nautical) Not rigged; not having the rigging up.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed upon her broad beams, called shears, which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged , or disabled boats.

    unridged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not ridged; without ridges.