Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A bough or branch; a twig.

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Examples

  • Takamoto's funeral will be held this Thursday in Los Angeles, and as luck would have it, I was given a copy of the eulogy that Scooby Doo has prepared for this sombre occasion: Hehow, ris is Roobie Roo.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • The amaz­ing Jonathan Har­ris is at it again, hav­ing com­pleted another super-interesting project with a fan­tas­tic inter­face.

    Algorithmic Expressions « Snarkmarket 2006

  • Afther we had dhragged ut down from Dearsley's through that cruel scrub that near broke Orth'ris's heart, we set ut in the ravine for a night; an 'a thief av a porcupine an' a civet-cat av a jackal roosted in ut, as well we knew in the mornin '.

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Afther we had dhragged ut down from Dearsley's through that cruel scrub that near broke Orth'ris's heart, we set ut in the ravine for a night; an 'a thief av a porcupine an' a civet-cat av a jackal roosted in ut, as well we knew in the mornin '.

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Dearsley's through that cruel scrub that near broke Orth'ris's heart, we set ut in the ravine for a night; an 'a thief av a porcupine an' a civet-cat av a jackal roosted in ut, as well we knew in the mornin '.

    Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Orth'ris's work, though niver so cliver, was nobut skin-deep.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • The "ris" function requires that the symbol RISE has been set within a previous function.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • The "ris" function requires that the symbol RISE has been set within a previous function.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • "ris", that requires one argument to be passed to it.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • "ris", that requires one argument to be passed to it.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

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