Riot

ri'ot, n. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; up- roar; row; sedition. {Law.) The doing of an act in a tumultuous manner against the pence, by 3 or more persons a embled of their own authority.— v. To engage in riot, act in an unrestrained or wanton manner, indulge in exce of luxury, feasting, behavior, etc.: to be highly excited; to raise an uproar or sedition. [F. riote, Proven, riot a, riotta; perh. ribald, rive.] — To run riot. To act or move without control or restraint. — Ri'oter, n.— Ri'otous, -us, a. Involving or engaging in riot; of the nature of an unlawful a embly; seditious; tumultuous; wanton. [F. rioteux.] — Ri'otously, adv. — Ri'otousne , n. Rip, rip, [ripped (ript), ripping.] To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing, esp. by cutting or pulling out stitches in a seam; to tear off, out, or open, by violence; to take out or away by cutting or tearing. — n. A rent mude by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration; water roughened by the meeting of opposing tides or currents. [Norw.and Sw. dial, rip a, to scratch; Ic. rif a, to rise, tear, rend, scratch, grasp, E. rive, q. v.; prob. not AS. rip an = E. reap.] — To rip out. To give vent to hastily and violently.— Rip'per, n. — Rip'ple, -pi, v. To remove the seeds, etc., from (flax, etc.) with a ripple, —n. A kind of comb, with which the seeds and seed-ve els of flax, broom-corn, etc., are removed. [D.