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cypress (iou) and Rippon (iou)


cypress (iou)



cypress noun3 & adjective. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
[Anglo-Norman cipres, cypres from Old French Cipre, Cypre (mod. Chypre) the island of Cyprus.]
A. noun. A textile fabric originally brought from Cyprus; spec. (a piece of) a light transparent material of silk and hair resembling crape, formerly often worn (as crape) in mourning. LME.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of or resembling this fabric. M16.

Rippon (iou)



Rippon noun. obsolete exc. Hist. E17.
[Ripon (see below).]
(In full Rippon spur) a spur manufactured in the town of Ripon in N. Yorkshire; any spur. Usu. in pl.