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Definition of Riped
1. ripe [v] - See also: ripe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riped
Literary usage of Riped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Coroner (addressing a Newcastle witness) : " Did you take any steps to resuscitate
the deceased ?" Witness (promptly) : " Yes, sor, we riped 'ees pockets. ..."
2. Old Ballads: Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date by Thomas Evans (1810)
"They were dum as a stane ; In the thick wood the beggar fled E'er they riped*
their een : And syne the night became so late, To seek him was in vain : But ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Coroner (addressing a Newcastle witness) : "Did you take any steps to resuscitate
the deceased ?" Witness (promptly) : " Yes, sor, we riped 'ees pockets. ..."
4. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, & Affinity to Other by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"To ripe for stones in the foundation of an old wall."—" She riped my pockets."—"
He riped the nest." " Gif I haif mair, ..."
5. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"To rye for stones in the foundation of an old wall."—" She riped my pockets."—"
He riped the nest." RIPPLE, to clean; applied to flax. Su. ..."
6. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"He riped the nest." RIPPLE, to clean; applied to flax. Su.-Got. repa lin, linum
vel- lere. Teut. repen, stringere semen lini. ..."
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