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risp (iou) and Melville Island (sh)


risp (iou)



risp verb & noun. Chiefly Scot. LME.
[Old Norse rispa to scratch, score (Icelandic, Swedish rispa, Norwegian rispe). Cf. Danish rispe plough for the first time.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Rub; grate together; file, rasp. LME.
verb intrans. Make a harsh, rasping, or grating sound. E19.
b. noun.
A carpenter's file; a rasp. E16.
Hist. A small serrated bar fixed upright on a house-door, with a ring attached, which was forcibly rubbed up and down the bar to attract the attention of those inside. E19.
A grating or rasping sound. M19.

Melville Island (sh)




One of the largest of the Parry Islands, in the Arctic Ocean, Canada.

Located north of Victoria Island, it is 200 mi (320 km) long and 30-130 mi (50-210 km) wide, with an area of 16,274 sq mi (42,149 sq km). It has no human inhabitants, but it supports musk oxen and has natural-gas deposits. It was discovered in 1819 by William Parry.