·add. ·- A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent.
·noun A wicker fish basket. II. Rip ·vt To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. III. Rip ·vt To s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A miserable rip; a poor, lean, worn-out horse. A shabby mean fellow. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A pannier or basket used for carrying fish. ♦ To rip, to strip off a ship's planks. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see <<Chord>>. II. Cord ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Core>>. III. Cord ·vt To arrange (wood, ·etc.) i...
Frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a ca...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Small rope; that of an inch or less in circumference. ...
The materials of which cord was made varied according to the strength required; the strongest rope w...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Those short ripplings which result from eddies, or the passage of the tide over uneven bottom; also ...
·add. ·- = Rip cord. ...
; as firewood. A statute stack is 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high. ...