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Rip (2)
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
(2):
(n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
(3):
(n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
(4):
(v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
(5):
(v. t.) 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.
(6):
(v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; - usually with up.
(7):
(n.) A wicker fish basket.
(8):
(v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rip (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rip-2.html. 1828.