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RIP, RIPP, REIP, _s._ A handful of corn not thrashed, S.
_Burns._
A. S. _ripe_, id.
RIP, _s._ An ozier basket, Ang.
Isl. _hrip_, id. formio.
RIP, _s._
1. Any thing base or useless, S.
2. A cheat, S.
Isl. _ref-iaz_, fidem fallere.
_To_ RIPE, RYPE, _v. a._
1. To search, S.
_Knox._
2. To probe.
_Douglas._
3. To investigate; respecting the mind.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
4. To poke, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _hrypan_, dissuere.
RIPPET, RIPPAT, _s._
1. The noise of great mirth, S.
_Douglas._
2. Uproar in a bad sense, S.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _hrip-a_, tumultuarie agere.
RIPPIE, _s._ A pock-net fixed to a hoop for catching crabs, Mearns.
V. ~Rip~, a basket.
Isl. _hrip_.
_To_ RIPPLE, _v. a._ To separate the seed of flax from the stalks, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _rep-en_, stringere s.e.m.e.n lini. Germ. _riffel-n_, to hatch.e.l.l flax.
~Ripplin-caimb~, _s._ A flax-comb, S.
_Kelly._
_To_ RIPPLE, _v. n._ To drizzle, S.
Isl. _hrafl_ in _sniohrafl_, nix recens et rara.
RIPPLES, RIPPLIS, _s. pl._
1. A weakness in the back and reins, S.
_Roull._
Fr. _ribauld_, rabauld, rei venereae intentus ut enervetur.
2. The King's evil, improperly, Bord.
_Gl. Complaynt._
RISE, _s._ A coa.r.s.e kind of gra.s.s.
V. ~Reyss~.
_Douglas._
