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ripe, rype,
ripe [rəip]
adj. Ripe. Fully developed mentally or physically, advanced in years.
reip, rhype, ripe, riped, riper, ripit, rype, ryper, rypit,
ripe [rəip]
n. A poke or stir with some instrument in order to clear an obstruction. I.Sh. Coarsely executed work.
v. To search thoroughly, examine, To ransack, rifle, plunder. To rummage through or turn out the contents of a pocket or wallet etc. To pick a pocket. To clean the bars of a fireplace etc. I.Sh. To dig up potatoes.
pt. pp. ripit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
riper: Something that ripes. A searcher, a plunderer.
rippart, rippet, rippit,
rippet [ˈrɪpət]
n. A noisy disturbance, an uproar, an excited clamour. A row, a noisy quarrel.
v. To create a row or disturbance, to quarrel vociferously.
ripple, ripplin, ripplin$-kame, rippling-kame, ripplin-kaim,
ripple [ˈrɪplɪn kem, -kɛm]
v. To separate the seeds of flax from the stalk.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ripplin: Separating the flax seed from the stalk.
ripplin-kaim: A flax-comb.
ripple, ripples,
ripple [ˈrɪpl]
Usually pl. ripples A disease affecting the back and loins, gonorrhea. A dance.
ripter, riptur, ripture,
riptur [ˈrɪptər]
n. A rupture.
v. To rupture.
pt. pp. ripturt
araise, arase, arehse, arise, rais, raise, raisse, raize, rase, rase, reese, reesen, reeze, rehse, ris, ris, rise, risen, risi, risin, rising, risn, riss, rissi, rissie, riz, rize, ruz, ryce, ryse, rysin,
rise [raɪz]
n. The act of getting out of bed in the morning. The layer of new wool next to the skin of a sheep at shearing time. An increase in an amount of money etc. A spring or well. A piece of amusement at someone's expense, a joke, a hoax.
v. To rise. To get up out of bed in the morning. Of soap: to form a lather. Of food: to repeat, rise in the gullet. To cause to rise up, to lift up, to bring about, produce. To ascend, mount, climb up. With can or coud: to afford, to have the means of obtaining or providing. A joke ate someone's expense.
pt. rase [reːz], ris [rɪz, rʌz]
pp. ris, risen
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
arise: Arise. pt. pp. araise.
tak a rise oot o: To make fun of.
risin [ˈraɪzɪn]: Rising. Of a period of time: approaching.
rissie: I.Sh. A ridge.
the ruit and the rise o't: The beginning and end of it.
risk, riskit, rusk, ruskad,
risk [ˈrɪsk, ˈrʌsk]
v. To make a ripping, tearing sound, as of roots being torn up. To tear at hay or straw etc, pull or tug at, claw.
pt. pp. riskit adj. Pulled about, ripped, torn apart.
resp, risp,
risp [rɪsp]
n. A coarse file or rasp. A kind of door knocker.
n. A long, coarse grass or sedge such as Carex cæspitosa or Phragmites australis found growing on boggy land. A single stalk of grass.
v. To file, to smooth off rough edges with a file. Cut with a grating action. To saw roughly. To grind together two surfaces. To make a harsh grating sound.
risen, risn, rissen, rissenin, russen,
rissen [I. ˈrɪsn]
v. To shiver or tremble from cold or emotion.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rissenin: Shimmering.

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