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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ris

Ris (rīs or rĭs), n. [AS. hrīs; akin to D. rils, G. reis, OHG. hrīs.] A bough or branch; a twig. [Obs.]

As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.