An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 687

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 687

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 Kings evil, improperly, Bord.


_Gl. Complaynt._


RISE, _s._ A coa.r.s.e kind of gra.s.s.


V. ~Reyss~.


_Douglas._