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Definition of Risps
1. risp [v] - See also: risp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Risps
Literary usage of Risps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"risps, ». The stems of climbing plants generally ; the fruit-bearing stems of
raspberries. East. RISSE, part. p. Risen. RIST,«, (l) A rise. Norf. ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1837)
"... appended to its peduncle, and I counted on one of the risps ... flowering risps
are displayed. It forms one of the greatest ornaments of the Flora of ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Pressure risps in electrical circuits and apparatus. Sei. Am. S. 77: 42-3.
Ja, 17, '14. Boston's missionary May festival. Mis. R, 37: Ladies' HJ 31: 4-5. ..."
4. The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1824)
"... till Si- is unable te pass away hii time without it : not to mention how our
delight in any particular study, art, or science, risps and improves, ..."
5. The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"... with its rounded fruits of citron-yellow, and large green, shining leaves;
the flowing risps of ..."
6. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... knockers began to displace pins or risps. The pin (or p) was a small slip or
bar of iron, starting out from the_.door tically, serrated on the side ..."
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