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单词 riper
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ripern.1

Brit. /ˈrʌɪpə/, U.S. /ˈraɪpər/
Forms: Old English ripere, Old English rypere, early Middle English rupere (south-west midl.), 1800s– riper (English regional (northern)); Scottish 1800s– riper, 1900s– ryper; Irish English (northern) 1900s– riper.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripe v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < ripe v.2 + -er suffix1. With sense 1 compare reaver n., and see discussion at that entry.
1. A person who robs or plunders; a reaver. Now Scottish and rare.
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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.
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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

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripe v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < ripe v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare later ripener n.In specific medical use in quot. ?a1450 after post-classical Latin maturativum maturative n.
Obsolete. rare.
Something that causes ripening or becomes ripe; a ripener.In quot. ?a1450: Medicine = maturative n.
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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).
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