An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Isl. hrip, id. formio.

RIP, s.
1. Any thing base or useless, S.
2. A cheat, S.

Isl. ref-iaz, fidem fallere.

To RIPE, RYPE, v. a.
1. To search, S.
Knox.
2. To probe.
Douglas.
3. To investigate; respecting the mind.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
4. To poke, S.
Ramsay.

A. S. hrypan, dissuere.

RIPPET, RIPPAT, s.
1. The noise of great mirth, S.
Douglas.
2. Uproar in a bad sense, S.
Lyndsay.

Isl. hrip-a, tumultuarie agere.

RIPPIE, s. A pock-net fixed to a hoop for catching crabs, Mearns.
V. [Rip], a basket.

Isl. hrip.

To RIPPLE, v. a. To separate the seed of flax from the stalks, S.
Ross.