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 he has 'got King's' his gown is stitched up that it may be ripped afterwards.

Adj. See Ripper.

Rise, subs. (colloquial).—An advance: in salary, price, betting, status, rank, &c. See Raise.

1837. Dickens, Pickwick, liii. Eighteen bob a-week, and a rise if he behaved himself.

1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab., ii. 42. A friend or two in London gave me a bit of a rise, so I began as a costermonger.

1864. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. Wrinkled benchers oft talk'd of him Approvingly, and prophesied his rise.

1893. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, 70. As to my chance of a rise wot do you think, old pal!

Verb. (colloquial).—1. To play into one's hands; to listen credulously.

1856. Whyte-Melville, Kate Coventry, xvi. John rose freely in a moment he burst out quite savagely.

2. See Raise.

To get (have or take) a rise out of one, verb. phr. (common).—To mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit.

1600. Kemp, Dance to Norwich [Oliphant, New Eng., ii. 52. The new substantives are pipe, a rise (leap); whence comes "get a rise out of him"].

d. 1859. De Quincey, Spanish Nun. Possibly taking a rise out of his worship the Corregidor.

1901. Sporting Times, 6 Ap., 1, 4. But, I don't care how hard he tries, He out of me can't take a rise.

Phrases.—To rise a barney (showmen's) = to collect a crowd; to rise arse upwards = 'A sign of good luck' (Ray).

Rising, quasi-adv. (colloquial).—1. Upwards of; and (2) approaching to.

1853. Bradley, Verdant Green, 1. 7. When Mr. Verdant Green was (in stable language] rising sixteen.

Rispin. See Respin.

Rites of Love, subs. phr. (conventional).—Copulation: see Greens.

d. 1638. Carew, The Rapture. We only sin when Love's Rites are not done.

1733. Bailey, Coll. Eras., 'The Uneasy Wife.' There are some Women who will be querulous, and scold even while the Rites of Love are performing.

River Lea, subs. phr. (rhyming).—The sea.

River-rat, subs. phr. (common).—A riverside thief: specifically one who robs the corpses of men drowned.

River Tick. See Tick.

Rivet, subs. (common).—In pl. = money: see Rhino.

Verb. (colloquial).—To marry; to hitch (q.v.); to splice (q.v.).

1700. Congreve, Way of the World, i. 2. "Sir, there's such coupling at Pancras that they stood behind one another as 'twere in a country dance so we drove round to Duke's Place, and there they were rivetted in a trice."

Riz. See Raise.

Rizzle, verb. (provincial).—See quot.

1890. Cassell's Sat. Jour., 2 Aug., 1068, 1. The newest of new verbs is the verb to rizzle to enjoy a short period of absolute idleness after a meal.

R.M.D., phr. (common).—Ready Money Down; immediate payment.

Roach. See Sound.