Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
rope .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland A
rope . - noun Scotland A
measure oflength , equal to arod .
Etymologies
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Compare Icelandic reip rope, and English rope.
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Examples
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Dat mite be dait raip nd she mite be eljubul fur damijez.
Just wait until the tomcat who is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ye may dance at the end o 'a raip yet without teaching.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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Dinna speak o 'a raip to a chield whase father was hanged.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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It is like one I hae seen her hae out airing on the hay raip i 'the back green.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg 1802
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£t dubitant homines ferere, atque inpendere cu - raip?
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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