A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1515-1698
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Riping, Ryp(e)ing, vbl. n. [Ripe v.1 See also Ripping vbl. n.] The action of Ripe v.1, in senses 1, 2, 5, 9 and 10.(1) c1515 Asloan MS I 236/27.
Thar was funding in Dunfermling a merwalous deid cors in the ryping of ane wall(2) 1562 Treasurer's Accounts XI 181.
In sercheing and riping of twa schipis for hydis … incontrar the proclamatioun 1576 Digest Justiciary Proc. I 27.
Quhen thay come thare to the ryping thay sould not find thame 1588 Waus Corr. 417.
Baith the … officiaris to have frie libertie in ryping and serching of the saidis landis 1623 Criminal Trials III 548.
His officer to assist ws in rypeing of the housses thairabout 1661 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I 103.(3) 1698 Foulis Acc. Bk. 235.
For ryping the broun horss sores(4) 1600-1610 Melvill 37.
Desyring to … haiff the names of manie things bot never weill degesting nor ryping out the nature of anie 1619 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 394.
To James Smyth, being four dayis in … rypeing out all that wes nocht sufficient about the cannones(5) 1639 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 256 (see Reflex v. 6). a1658 Durham Scandal (1659) 116.
Secret evils, the riping up whereof might be edifying
