RIPTOWELL
RIP'TOWELL, noun A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RISE
RISE, verb intransitive rize. preterit tense rose; participle passive risen; pronoun rose, rizn. [See Raise.]1. To move to pass upward in any manner; to ascend; as, a fog rises ...
RISEN
RIS'EN, participle passive [See Rise.]
RISER
RI'SER, noun1. One that rises; as an early riser2. Among joiners, the upright board of a stair.
RISIBILITY
RISIBIL'ITY, noun [from risible.]1. The quality of laughing, or of being capable of laughter. risibility is peculiar to the human species.2. Proneness to laugh.
RISIBLE
RI'SIBLE, adjective [Latin risibilis, from rideo, risi, to laugh. See Ridiculous.]1. Having the faculty or power of laughing. Man is a risible animal.2. Laughable; capable of ex...
RISING
RI'SING, participle present tense1. Getting up; ascending; mounting; springing; proceeding from; advancing; swelling; increasing; appearing above the horizon; reviving from deat...
RISK
RISK, noun1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to harm. He, at the risk of his life, saved a drowning man.2. In commerce, the hazard of loss, either of ship, goods or other proper...
RISKED
RISK'ED, participle passive Hazarded; exposed to injury or loss.
RISKER
RISK'ER, noun One who hazards.
RISKING
RISK'ING, participle present tense Hazarding; exposing to injury or loss.
RISSE
RISSE, obsolete preterit tense of rise.
RITE
RITE, noun [Latin ritus.]The manner of performing divine or solemn service as established by law, precept or custom; formal act of religion, or other solemn duty. The rites of t...
RITORNELLO
RITORNEL'LO, nounIn music, a repeat; the burden of a song, or the repetition of a verse or strain.
RITUAL
RIT'UAL, adjective1. Pertaining to rites; consisting of rites; as ritual service or sacrifices.2. Prescribing rites; as the ritual law.RIT'UAL, noun A book containing the rites ...
RITUALIST
RIT'UALIST, noun One skilled in the ritual.
RITUALLY
RIT'UALLY, adverb By rites; or by a particular rite.
RIVAGE
RIV'AGE, noun A bank, shore or coast. [Not in use.]
RIVAL
RI'VAL, noun [Latin rivalis; Heb. to contend, to strive. See Raffle.]1. One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which anot...
RIVALITY
RIVAL'ITY, noun Rivalry. [Not in use.]
RIVALRY
RI'VALRY, noun [from rival.] Competition; a strife or effort to obtain an object which another is pursuing; as rivalry in love; or an endeavor to equal or surpass another in som...
RIVALSHIP
RI'VALSHIP, noun1. The state or character of a rival.2. Strife; contention for superiority; emulation; rivalry.
RIVE
RIVE, verb transitivepreterit tense rived; participle passive rived or riven. [Latin rumpo, rupi. It may be allied to the family of Latin rapio, reap, rip.]To split; to cleave; ...
RIVEL
RIV'EL, verb transitive [This word is obsolete, but shrivel, from the same root, is in use. It may be allied to ruffle.]To contract into wrinkles; to shrink; as riveled fruits; ...
RIVEN
RIV'EN, participle passive of rive. Split; rent or burst asunder.
RIVER
RI'VER, noun One who rives or splits.RIV'ER, noun [Latin rivus, rivulus, rips.]1. A large stream of water flowing in a channel on land towards the ocean, a lake or another river...
RIVER-DRAGON
RIV'ER-DRAGON, noun A crocodile; a name given by Milton to the king of Egypt.