A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rip,) v. P.t. rept. [e.m.E. rip (Caxton), ‘of somewhat obscure origin and history; it is not quite certain that all the senses really belong to the same word’ (OED).] To cut open; to tear or open up with violence. —1626 Garden Worthies 159.
Th' old they rept wpe and new born babs they brain'd
