单词 | riper |
释义 | ripern.1 1. A person who robs or plunders; a reaver. Now Scottish and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] riperOE robberc1175 laron13.. meecher?a1450 latron1613 mail robber?1793 rampsman1859 heister1927 OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 269 And us stalu & cwalu.., hol & hete & rypera reaflac derede swyþe þearle. OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) ii. vii. 312 Licceteras &..ryperas & reaferas Godes graman habban, butan hig geswican. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 15 (MED) Þas ruperes and þas reueres and þas þeues þet nulleð nu nefre swike heore uueles, þu aȝest luuan heore saule. 1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 456/3 Ryper, a plunderer. 2. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern). Something used to clean out a pipe, hole, etc. Cf. ripe v.2 6. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > other cleaning methods, devices, or substances > [noun] > devices comb-brush1611 pickler1758 pegwood1822 bottle washer1826 knife-board1829 riper1880 file-card1884 iron cloth1889 bottle-cleaner1896 soot-blower1930 1880 G. Fraser Lowland Lore 156 A long nose is likened to a ‘pleugh cooter’; a sharp one to a ‘pipe-riper’. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Riper, an iron prong used for clearing dirt and dust out of the oilholes in machinery. 1903 J. Matthewson in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 123/2 [Galloway] A bennel for a pipe-ryper. 1928 Manson's Shetland Almanac 188 A waand nae ticker as a pipe riper. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 277/2 Riper, anything used to clean a pipe, hole, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ripern.2 Obsolete. rare. Something that causes ripening or becomes ripe; a ripener.In quot. ?a1450: Medicine = maturative n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > state of being or becoming ripe or mature > one who or that which causes ripeness riper?a1450 ripener1587 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine promoting suppuration or maturation maturativea1398 ruptorya1400 suppurative?a1425 riper?a1450 digestive1543 ripener1585 suppurator1657 suppuratory1657 suppurant1659 maturant1661 rumpent1661 diapyetic1706 ?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 6 (MED) Of Maturatiuis, þat buþ Ripers. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 7v She [sc. the moon] is the riper and encreaser of fruites. 1580 T. Bright Treat. Sufficiencie Eng. Med. (new ed.) 43 Butter, wheat-flower, sorel, Horsehoof, Lillies, March mallowes, Onyons rosted;..are all singular ripers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1OEn.2?a1450 |
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