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RISE, RYS, RICE, RYSS, _s._
1. A small twig, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. In _pl._ brushwood, S.
_Dunbar._
~Stake and rice~,
1. Stakes driven into the earth, and thin boughs nailed across, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
2. A part.i.tion-wall in a cottage, S.
_Ruddiman._
Isl. _hrys_, Su. G. _ris_, virgultum.
_To_ RISK, _v. n._ To make a noise like the tearing of roots, S. O.
_Burns._
A. S. _hrisc-ian_, stridere, rispare.
_To_ RISP, _v. a._
1. To rub with a file, S. _rasp_, E.
2. To rub hard bodies together; as _to risp the teeth_, S.
~Risp~, _s._ Coa.r.s.e gra.s.s that grows in marshy ground, S.; q. gra.s.s for _rasping_.
_Dunbar._
_To_ ~Risp~, _v. n._ Denoting the sound caused by the friction of hard bodies, S.
RITMASTER, _s._ A captain of horse.
_Wodrow._
Belg. _rit-meester_, Teut. _rid-meester_, magister equitum.
RITTOCH, _s._ The greater tern, Orkn.
_Barry._
RIVE, _s._ A rent or tear, S.
Isl. _ryf_.
RIVE, _s._ Shallows.
_Sir Tristrem._
Isl. _rif_, _reif_, brevia.
_To_ RYVE, _v. a._ To rob.
_Barbour._
~Ryuer~, _s._ A robber.
V. ~Reif~.
_Douglas._
_To_ RIZAR, _v. a._ To dry in the sun, S.
Fr. _ressore_, dried by the sun.
~Rizar~, _s._ Drying by means of heat, S.
RIZARDS, RIZZER-BERRIES, _s. pl._ Currants, S.
_Brand._
ROBIN-HOOD, a sport, condemned in our old acts of Parliament; in which the predatory exploits of this celebrated outlaw and his companions were represented.
_Evergreen._
ROCH, ROCHE, ROTCHE, _s._ A rock; Fr. _roche_.
_Douglas._
