Syn. -- To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.
Risk"er (?), n. One who risks or hazards. Hudibras.
Risk"ful (?), a. Risky. [R.] Geddes.
Risk"y (?), a. Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky
matter." W. Collins.
Generalization are always risky.
Lowell.
Ri*so"ri*al (?), a.[L. ridere, risum, to laugh.] Pertaining to, or
producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.
||Ri*sot"to (?), n. [It.] A kind of pottage.
Risse (?), obs. imp. of Rise. B. Jonson.
Ris"soid (?), n. [NL. Rissoa, the typical genus ( fr. A. Risso, an
Italian naturalist) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Any one of very numerous species
of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidæ,
found both in fresh and salt water.
||Ris`sole" (?), n. [F., fr. rissoler to fry meat till it is brown.]
||(Cookery) A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with
||pastry and fried.
Rist (?), obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth.
Chaucer.
Rit (?), obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth.
Chaucer.
||Ri`tar*dan"do (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Retarding; -- a direction for
||slower time; rallentado.
Rite (?), n. [L. ritus; cf. Skr. rti a stream, a running, way, manner,
ri to flow: cf. F. rit, rite. CF. Rivulet.] The act of performing
divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a
formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a
ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.
He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of
ecclesiastical polity.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.
||Ri`te*nu"to (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.
{ Rit`or*nelle" (?), ||Ri`tor*nel"lo (?), } n. [It. ritornello, dim. of
ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return: cf. F. ritournelle.] (Mus.)
(a) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air,
often consisting of the burden of the song. (a) A short intermediate
symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an
interlude.
||Ri*trat"to (?), n.[It.] A picture. Sterne.
Rit"u*al (?), a.[L. ritualis, fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel.] Of or
pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the
ritual law.
Rit"u*al, n. [Cf. F. rituel.] 1. A prescribed form of performing divine
service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the
ritual of the freemasons.