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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Cf.

a basket, or

(O.E. Law)

One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.

[Obs.]

But what’s the action we are for now ?
Robbing a

ripper

of his fish.

Beau. & Fl.

Noun.

One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.

A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.

[Slang.]

Noun.

In old laws, one who brings fish to market in the inland country.