Definition of Ristras

1. ristra [n] - See also: ristra

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ristras

risping
rispings
risps
risques
rissaldar
rissaldars
rissoid
rissoids
rissole
rissoles
ristocetin
ristorante
ristorantes
ristra
ristras (current term)
ristretto
ristrettos
risus
risus caninus
risus sardonicus
risuses
rit
rit.
ritanserin
ritard
ritardando
ritardandos
ritards
rite

Literary usage of Ristras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"Dwarf corn, parched and made into ristras, is hung on the parapet to dry. All this is man's work. Miss CD True informed the writer that the seed corn is the ..."

2. Life of the Right Reverend Joseph P. Machebeuf, D.D.: Pioneer Priest of Ohio by William J. Howlett (1908)
"... has hundreds of ristras (strings) of it, and ground chile, and she will give you all you want." At last he had so much promised that he was at a loss to ..."

3. The Classical Journal (1823)
"... been mis-stated to have done) any more than Tatian and Origen did the incarnation of their Redeemer, or Л ristras and Philo the passage of the Red Sea. ..."

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