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RI'OTOUSLY, adv. Luxuriously; with licentious 
luxury.—He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul, 
gathereth for others that shall spend his goods riotously. 
Ecclus. xiv. 4.—Seditiously; turbulently.—If any person so 
riotously assembled begin even before proclamation to pull 
down any church, chapel, meeting-house, or out-houses, 
they shall be felons without benefit of clergy. Blackstone. 
RI'OTOUSNESS, s. The state of being riotous.—Excess 
includeth riotousness, expence of money, prodigal house¬ 
keeping. Ralegh. 
RIOU, a small island of France, in the Mediterranean, on 
the coast of the department of the Mouths of the Rhone. 
RIOU’S ISLAND, or Rooahooga, an island in the 
Pacific ocean, about 24 miles in circumference, discovered in 
tire year 1792, by lieutenant Hergest, commander of the 
Daedalus store-ship. It is of a naked aspect, with steep and 
rugged rocks rising to a considerable height, and forming a 
lofty mountain in the middle. It is most fruitful on the 
western side. Lat. 8. 54. S. long. 139. 9. W. 
To RIP, v. a. [hpypan, pypan, pyppan, Sax.] To 
tear; to lacerate; to cut asunder by a continued act of the 
knife or of other force. 
You bloody Neros, ripping up the womb 
Of your dear mother England, blush for shame. 
Shalcspeare. 
To take away by laceration or cutting. 
Macduff was from his mother’s womb 
Untimely ripp'd. Shalcspeare. 
Rip this heart of mine 
Out of my breast, and shew it for a coward’s. Otuiay. 
To disclose ; to search out; to tear up; to bring to view: 
usually, but not always, with up .—You rip up the original 
of Scotland. Spenser. 
Know, I do scorn to stoop 
To rip your lives. Marston. 
They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning 
of the rebellion. Clarendon. 
RIP, s. A laceration.—He [the lion] once gave him a 
rip in his flesh-coloured doublet. Addison .—A wicker 
basket to carry fish in. Coxoel. —Refuse, [perhaps a cor¬ 
ruption of riffi] A low word; as, a rip of a horse. 
RIPA LIMOSANI, a town of Italy, in the north of the 
kingdom of Naples; 9 miles east of Molise. Population 
3100. 
RIPA TRANSONE, a small town of Italy, in the States 
of the Church. It is the see of a bishop, and is 12 miles 
north-east of Ascoli. 
RIPABATTONI, a town of Italy, in the north of the 
kingdom of Naples, in the province of Molise. Population 
2500. 
RIPE, a village of England, in Sussex; 5 miles west-by¬ 
south of Haylsham. 
RIPE, adj. [pipe, Saxon; rijp , Dutch.] Brought to 
perfection in growth ; mature. 
Macbeth 
Is ripe for shaking; and the powers above 
Put on their instruments. Shalcspeare. 
So may’st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 
Into thy mother’s lap, or be with ease 
Gather’d, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. Milton. 
Resembling the ripeness of fruit. 
Those happiest smiles. 
That play’d on her ripe lip, seem’d not to know 
What guests were in her eyes, which parted thence, 
As pearls from diamonds dropt. Shalcspeare. 
Complete; proper for use. 
I by letters shall direct your course, 
When time is ripe. Shalcspeare. 
Advanced to the perfection of any quality. 
Vol. XXII. No. 1488. 
There was a pretty redness in his lips, 
A little riper and more lusty red 
Than that mix’d in his cheeks. Shalcspeare. 
O early ripe ! to thy abundant store, 
What could advancing age have added more > Dry den. 
Finished; consummate.—Beasts are in sensible capacity 
as ripe, even as men themselves, perhaps more ripe. 
Hooker .—Brought to the point of taking effect; fully 
matured. 
He thence shall come, 
When this world’s dissolution shall be ripe. Milton. 
Ripe for heaven, when fate JEneas calls, 
Then shalt thou bear him up, sublime, to me. Dry den. 
To RIPE, v. n. To ripen; to grow ripe; to be matured. 
Ripen is now used. 
From hour to hour we ripe and ripe. 
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot. 
To RIPE, o. a. To mature; to make ripe. 
He is retired, to ripe his growing fortunes, 
To Scotland. 
RI'PELY, adv. Maturely; at the fit time. 
It fits us therefore ripely ; 
Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness. Shakspeare. 
To RI'PEN, v. n. [pipian, Sax.] To grow ripe; to be 
matured. 
Shakspeare. 
Shakspeare. 
This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth 
The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms. 
And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; 
The third day comes a frost, a killing frost; 
And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely 
His greatness is a ripening, nips his root; 
And then he falls as I do. Shakspeare. 
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear. 
And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. Granville. 
To RI'PEN, v. a. To mature ; to make ripe. 
That I settled 
Your father in his throne, was for your sake, 
I left th’ acknowledgment for time to ripen. Dry den. 
The genial sun 
Has daily, since his course begun. 
Rejoiced the metal to refine, 
And ripen'd the Peruvian mine. Addison. 
RI’PENESS, s. [pipenejye, Sax.] The state of being ripe; 
maturity.—They have compared it to the ripeness of fruits. 
Wiseman .—Little matter is deposited in the abscess, before it 
arrives towards its ripeness. Sharp .—Full growth. 
Time, which made them their fame out-live, 
To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. 
Perfection; completion. 
This royal infant promises 
Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings, 
Which time shall bring to ripeness. 
I to manhood am arriv’d so near. 
And inward ripeness doth much less appear. 
That some more timely happy spirits indu’th. 
Fitness; qualification. 
Denham. 
Shakspeare. 
Milton. 
Men must endure 
Their going hence, ev’n as their coming hither: 
Ripeness is all. Shakspeare. 
RIPIENO, [Ital.] in Music, implies full, in opposition 
to solo. In Corelli’s concertos, the solo parts are said to 
be del concertino, the little concert; and the tutti parts, or 
ripieno, del concerto grosso, of the great concert. The first 
eight of Corelli’s concertos were composed for the church, 
a due cori, for two bands or choirs, which are often in dia¬ 
logue. By ripieno is always meant a subordinate part, to 
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