risp1
/rɪsp/(also resp)
noun
1 Scottish. A small serrated bar fixed upright on a house door, with a ring attached, which was forcibly rubbed up and down the bar to attract the attention of those inside. Now historical.
2 Scottish. A grating or rasping sound.
Origin
Early 16th century (in an earlier sense). From risp.
risp2
/rɪsp/(also resp) Now Scottish and Irish English (northern )
verb
1 [with object] To rub (two things) together; to rasp or file (something); especially to grind (one's teeth).
2 [no object] To make a rasping or grating sound.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From early Scandinavian, further etymology uncertain, perhaps ultimately from the same Germanic base as Old Swedish rippa and related words cited at rip.
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