A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Rippill, v. Also: rippl-. [ME and e.m.E. ripl- (c1340), repeyl (1523), corresp. to Fris. ripelje, MDu. and MLG repelen.] tr. To remove the seeds from flax by combing with a ripple or rippling comb (Rippilling came). —a1500 Henr. Fab. 1826.
The lynt ryipit, the carll pullit the lyne, Rippillit [Bann. Ripplit] the bollis and in beitis set
