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Webster 1913 Edition

Rip

Rip

,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
hrip
a box or basket; perhaps akin to E.
corb
. Cf.
Ripier
.]
A wicker fish basket.

Rip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ripped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ripping
.]
[Cf. AS.
rȳpan
, also Sw.
repa
to ripple flax, D.
repelen
, G.
reffen
,
riffeln
, and E.
raff
,
raffle
. Cf.
Raff
,
Ripple
of flax.]
1.
To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence;
as, to
rip
a garment by cutting the stitches; to
rip
off the skin of a beast; to
rip
up a floor
; – commonly used with up, open, off.
2.
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
He ’ll
rip
the fatal secret from her heart.
Granville.
3.
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; – usually with up.
They
ripped
up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
Clarendon.
For brethern to debate and
rip
up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.
Milton.
4.
To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Ripping chisel
(Carp.)
,
a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises.
Knight.
–
Ripping iron
.
(Shipbuilding)
Same as
Ravehook
.
–
Ripping saw
.
(Carp.)
See
Ripsaw
.
–
To rip out
,
to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath.
[Colloq.]
See
To rap out
, under
Rap
,
Verb.
T.

Rip

,
Noun.
1.
A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
2.
[Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of
rep
robate.]
A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
[Slang.]
3.
A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rip

RIP

,
Verb.
T.
[L. rapio. Eng. reap and rive; allied perhaps to the L. crepo.]
1.
To separate by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip open a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip open a sack; to rip off the shingles or clapboards of a house; to rip up a floor. We never use lacerate in these senses, but apply it to a partial tearing of the skin and flesh.
2.
To take out or away by cutting or tearing.
He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
3.
To tear up for search or disclosure or for alteration; to search to the bottom; with up.
You rip up the original of Scotland.
They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
4.
To rip out, as an oath. [L crepo.]

RIP

,
Noun.
1.
A tearing; a place torn; laceration.
2.
A wicker basket to carry fish in.
3.
Refuse. [Not in use or local.]

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