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ledge(1) (iou)



ledge noun & verb1. ME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from an early form of LAY verb1.]
A. noun.
A bar or strip of wood or Other material fixed across a door, gate, chair, etc. Now dial. ME.
b. Nautical. Any of several pieces of timber fixed transversely across a wooden ship between beams supporting the deck. L17.
A raised edge around a board, tray, etc. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
A narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall etc. or formed by the top of a vertical structure. M16.
J. T. Micklethwaite The ledge of the pulpit. I. McEwan Geraniums on window ledges.
b. A shelflike projection from the side of a rock, a mountain, etc. M18.
c. Meteorology. A layer in the ionosphere in which the ionization increases less rapidly with height than in the regions immediately above and below it. M20.
Geology. A ridge esp. of rocks, beneath the sea near the shore. Formerly also, a range of mountains or hills. M16.
a. Architecture. A string-course; a moulding. E17.
b. Mining. A stratum of metal-bearing rock. Also, a vein of quartz etc. M19.
Comb.: ledge-door = LEDGED door; ledge-handle Archaeology a handle resembling a ledge, found on pottery.
b. verb intrans. Form a ledge. rare. L16.
ledgeless adjective E19.
ledging noun a ledge; collect. ledges: E19.
ledgy adjective having many ledges, consisting of ledges (of rock) L18.

Sembene, Ousmane (sh)




born Jan. 1, 1923, Ziguinchor-Casamance, Seneg.

Senegalese writer and Film director.

He fought with the Free French in World War II. After the war he worked as a docker in Marseille and taught himself French. His writings, often on historical-political themes, include The Black Docker (1956), God's Bits of Wood (1960), and Niiwam and Taaw (1987). About 1960 he became interested in Film; after studying in Moscow, he made films reflecting a strong social commitment, including Black Girl (1966), the first feature produced in sub-Saharan Africa. With Mandabi (1968), he began to Film in the Wolof language; his later films have included Xala (1974), Ceddo (1977), Camp de Thiaroye (1987), and Guelwaar (1994).