Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1898
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¶UNRIPED, ppl.adj. Unexamined, uninvestigated; unplundered. See Ripe, v.1Abd. 1898 J. M. Cobban Angel x.:
In ordinar havings it would be the part of an honourable gentleman to send back this cloak unriped.