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Definition of Risping
1. risp [v] - See also: risp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Risping
Literary usage of Risping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Yorkshire (1901)
"Margret risping the daugh of John was bapt the 25 of August, 1 o. ... Robt risping
the sone of Edmond was bapt the 9 of January. 14. ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"A terrible darkness swept over them ; the whole air was filled with a fierce,
risping crackle ; then came a sharp concussion, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"The dying notes of a Sow under the hands of a Butcher," or the risping of a saw
upon a rusty nail, were really music in comparison. It was no small treat, ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"... no handkerchief exquisitely scented with cau-de-Portugal, no laughing evenings
at Spring Gardens, no riding in the ring or risping of foils at a French ..."
5. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"... wound with a spiral), an operation which, when vigorously performed, is
described as risping or rasping. ring (game) : to ride at the ring, to attempt, ..."
6. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low (1891)
"... Apr. Wilson (WN) Manual of Practical Logarithms, Wilson (WH) Practical
Pattern-Making ami "Wimples and ('risping 1'ins, ..."
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