RIPARY. Inhabiting the sea-shore.
RIPE [from the Latin, ripa]. The banks of a tide-river, and the sea-shore: a term in use on our southern coasts.
RIPPERS, or Ripiers. Men from the sea-shores, who sell fish to the inland towns and villages.
RIPPING-IRON. A caulker's tool for tearing oakum out of a seam, or stripping copper or sheathing from a ship's bottom. (See [Reeming].)
RIPPLE. The small waves raised on the surface of the water by the passage of a slight breeze, or current, caused by foul bottom.
RIPPLE-MARKS. The ripply appearance left at low water on the flat part of a sandy beach.
RIPPS. See [Tide-rip]. Also, strange overfalls, the waves of which, even in calm weather, will throw their crests over the bulwarks.
RISBERM. Fascines placed to oppose the violence of the surf.
RISING-FLOORS. The floor-timbers, which rise gradually from the plane of the midship floor, so as to sharpen the form of a vessel towards the bow and stern.
RISINGS OF BOATS. A narrow strake of board fastened withinside to support the thwarts.