Part 688 (1/2)

RISE, RYS, RICE, RYSS, _s._

1. A small twig, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. In _pl._ brushwood, S.

_Dunbar._

~Stake and rice~,

1. Stakes driven into the earth, and thin boughs nailed across, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. A part.i.tion-wall in a cottage, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _hrys_, Su. G. _ris_, virgultum.

_To_ RISK, _v. n._ To make a noise like the tearing of roots, S. O.

_Burns._

A. S. _hrisc-ian_, stridere, rispare.

_To_ RISP, _v. a._

1. To rub with a file, S. _rasp_, E.

2. To rub hard bodies together; as _to risp the teeth_, S.

~Risp~, _s._ Coa.r.s.e gra.s.s that grows in marshy ground, S.; q. gra.s.s for _rasping_.

_Dunbar._

_To_ ~Risp~, _v. n._ Denoting the sound caused by the friction of hard bodies, S.

RITMASTER, _s._ A captain of horse.

_Wodrow._

Belg. _rit-meester_, Teut. _rid-meester_, magister equitum.