risp
1 of 2verb
ˈrisp
Scottish
: rasp, scratch
risp
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
dialectal, chiefly England
: a stem or stalk of a plant
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English rispen, from Old Norse rispa to scratch; akin to German rispeln to scrape together, Low German rispe hackle, and perhaps to Norwegian ripa to scratch
Noun
origin unknown
- southern red lily
- southern red oak
- southern rhodesia
- southern right whale
- southern root rot
- southern senega
- southern spatterdock
- southern stem rot
- southern sugar maple
- southern up
- Southern Uplands
- southern white cedar
- southern wilt
- southern yellow pine
- southern-fried
- southerner
- Southerner
- southerners
- southernest
- southernise
- southernised
- southernises
- southernising
- Southernism
- southernisms