His life he led in lawless riotise.
Spenser.
Ri"ot*our (-r), n. A rioter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ri"ot*ous (?), a. [OF. rioteux.] 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot;
wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and
there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke xv. 13.
2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts;
seditious.
-- Ri"ot*ous*ly, adv. -- Ri"ot*ous*ness, n.
Ri"ot*ry (?), n. The act or practice of rioting; riot. "Electioneering
riotry." Walpole.
Rip (?), n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. corb.
Cf. Ripier.] A wicker fish basket.
Rip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ripping.] [Cf. AS.
rpan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and
E. raff, raffle. Cf. Raff, Ripple of flax.] 1. 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.