ritn.¹

Brit.

/rɪt/, U.S.

/rɪt/, Scottish English

/rɪt/

Forms: 1600s–1800s ritt, 1700s– rit.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rit v.¹

Etymology: < rit v.¹ Compare Middle High German ritz- , riz (German Ritz (masculine) scratch, split), German Ritze (feminine) split, groove, cranny (15th cent.) < ritzen rit v.¹ (compare also Old High German riz written character, gash, tear (Middle High German riz , German Riss gash, tear: see i-writ n.)).With sense 1 compare earlier rut n.², rat n.⁴; with sense 2 compare earlier rip n.³

Scottish and English regional (northern and north-west midlands).

1. A rut, groove, or furrow. Now rare.Recorded earliest in cart-ritt n. at cart n. Compounds 2 Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Caithness in 1968.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making grooves > a groove, channel, or furrow

furrowc1374

groopc1440

regal1458

rat1513

slot?1523

gutter1555

chamfer1601

channel1611

fluting1611

furrowing1611

rita1657

denervation1657

rigol1658

groove1659

riggota1661

rake1672

stria1673

champer1713

cannelure1755

gully1803

channelure1823

flute1842

rill1855

droke1880

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II clxxxv, in Poems (1878) III. 183 Revenue run's faire..The other Cart-Ritt holds but for a while.

1767 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) (at cited word) The water-run becoming steeper here, the ritt made with this water becomes strong.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Rit, the route or rut of a wheel.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 264/2 Rit, a cart-rut.

1928 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) [Caithness] He pat up his rits straicht.

2. A scratch; a slight incision or slit, spec. one made in a sheep's ear as an identification mark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > scratching, scraping, or abrasion > a scratch or mark made by scratching or scraping

scorec1400

gall1545

rasure1596

ranch1611

rit1709

scuff1954

1709 Masterton Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) John Gibson in Alloa dyd 20 Sepr. of a rit in his finger and infected the whole arm.

1821 W. Scott Pirate II. ii. 28 Ye might as weel give it a ritt with the teeth of a redding-kame.

1879 J. White Jottings 227 Ye're noo, my lad, fair i' the rit; Keep oot o' skaith and stick to wit.

1900 Shetland News 8 Dec. All his sheep had the same mark. It was—on the right ear two rits, and a bit out before.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 253 Rit, a scratch made (as with a nail) on a slate, etc.; also, an incised straight line.

1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles liv. 489 Rit as for rift, rip, the slit also sometimes in the nostrils.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Ritn.²

Brit.

/rɪt/, U.S.

/rɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: ritualist n.

Etymology: Shortened < ritualist n.

British slang. Now rare.

= ritualist n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > conformity to > slavish > person characterized by

formalist1609

ritualist1625

ceremonialist1682

rubrician?1734

formalizer1742

rubricist1843

Rit1868

externalist1879

spike1902

1868 B. Disraeli Let. 2 Nov. in G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1920) V. ii. 68 To induce..the two great and legitimate parties to cease their internecine strife, and to combine against the common enemies: Rits and Rats.

1898 A. Cavalier Let. in C. Mackenzie My Life & Times (1963) II. 243 My mater calls me a ‘dirty Rit’. ‘So we've got a Rit in the house, have we.’

1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 209/2 Rit,..a ritualistic clergyman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ritn.³

Brit.

/rɪt/, U.S.

/rɪt/, Irish English

/rɪt/, Welsh English

/rɪt/

Forms:

α. 1800s– rut (Irish English and English regional (Leicestershire)).

β. 1800s– rit (English regional (north-west midlands) and Welsh English (north-eastern)).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English ritling , reckling n.

Etymology: Shortened < ritling, rutling, variants of reckling n. (see α. forms at reckling n.). With the α. forms perhaps compare runt n. 1d.

English regional (chiefly north-west midlands), Welsh English (north-eastern), and Irish English.

The smallest and weakest pig of a litter. Also in extended use: a weak child.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > litter > runt

tantony1659

whinnock1691

runt1798

poke-shakings1808

Anthony1867

rit1880

1880 J. Britten Old Country & Farming Words vi. 157 Rut (Ireland), smallest of a litter of pigs. (In Ches., Rit.).

1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester II. 288 Rit.., the smallest pig of a litter. Also applied to a puny child.

1911 Jrnl. County Kildare Archæol. Soc. 6 537 Rut,..the smallest bonneen in the litter.

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 Mar. 216 We gave special food to the rit of one brood (the little one known in other parts [than Cheshire] as the runt or reckling, and by other names).

1945 Béaloideas 14 180 Rut, the smallest of a litter of pigs. The smallest child of a family.

1962 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. i. 279 What do you call the smallest and weakest pig of the litter?.. [South Lancashire] rit.

1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 346 What do you call the smallest and weakest pig of the litter?.. [Leicestershire] rut.

1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 180/2 Rit, the smallest and weakest of a litter of pigs. Cl[wyd].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ritv.¹

Brit.

/rɪt/, U.S.

/rɪt/, Scottish English

/rɪt/, Irish English

/rɪt/

Forms: Middle English ret (south-eastern), Middle English righte, Middle English riȝte, Middle English ryghtte, Middle English rytt, Middle English–1500s ritte, 1900s– rit (Irish English (northern)); English regional (northern and north-east midlands) 1800s– rit, 1800s– ritten (past participle); Scottish pre-1700 ritt, pre-1700 rytt, 1800s rit (past participle), 1800s– rit. Also past tense Middle English righte, Middle English riȝte, Middle English ritt, Middle English ritte, Middle English rytte; Scottish pre-1700 rit.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymology: Probably the reflex of an unattested Old English verb cognate with Old High German rizzan (Middle High German ritzen , German ritzen ) < an intensive formation < the same Germanic base as write v.

Now Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English.

a. transitive. To cut or pierce with a sharp instrument; to tear; to scratch. In later use: spec. to slit (a sheep's ear). Now rare.In quot. c1300 intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)]

snithec725

carvec1000

cutc1275

slitc1275

hag1294

ritc1300

chop1362

slash1382

cut and carvea1398

flash?a1400

flish?a1400

slenda1400

race?a1425

raise?a1425

razea1425

scotch?c1425

ochec1440

slitec1450

ranch?a1525

scorchc1550

scalp1552

mincea1560

rash?1565

beslash1581

fent1589

engrave1590

nick1592

snip1593

carbonado1596

rescide1598

skice1600

entail1601

chip1609

wriggle1612

insecate1623

carbonate1629

carbonade1634

insecta1652

flick1676

sneg1718

snick1728

slot1747

sneck1817

tame1847

bite-

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2495 (MED) Sket cam a ladde with a knif And bigan Rith at þe to For to ritte and for to flo.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 479 (MED) Þe breche adoun he þrest, He ritt and gan to riȝt.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 5029 (MED) Þar þe wal was broke, þay stode affrounte, And laide to frensche strokes rounde þat hure haberkes ritte.

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 16808 (MED) Many a baly scho ther rittes, And many a scheld sche alto sclittes.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 1954 (MED) Þe deuel..made hir oute of hir witte, To gnayste, to cry, hir hare to rytt.

1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Diramare, to ritte, breake, or cut of the braunches from the tree.

1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Isuenare, to cutte or to ritte the veines.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Dinna rit the table wi' that nail.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Rit, to make a mark.

1892 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales 104 Just as he rits up da fish, oot flees a kittywake.

1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 290 A Herdwick sheep's ear is halved, and quartered,..and ritted into all sorts of patterns.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Rit, to cut or slash.

†b. transitive. To thrust (a sword or dagger) through a person. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > thrust (a sword)

pickc1487

stoke1513

sheathe1585

shrine1614

rit1808

1808 Young Johnstone in J. Finlay Hist. & Romantic Ballads II. 73 Young Johnstone had a nut-brown sword,..And he ritted it through the young col'nel.

2. transitive. To cut into (earth, turf, etc.), esp. so as to mark out before digging; = rut v.² 2. Also intransitive. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in the Northern Isles, Caithness, and Galloway in 1968.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > ditch [verb (transitive)] > clean ditch

dike1519

ditch1576

didlea1825

rit1825

neck1844

c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 455 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 42 And þai, þi firste faderis war, of þe quhilk [he þat] firste rit þe [sc. Rome] gafe þe name and fowndit to be.

1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner 28 Lay a foot thick sand immediatly under the truff: then by the squair streatch lines, ritt with the ritting iron..& raise the turff with the turff-spade.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) You had better rit the hail length of the ditch, before ye begin.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Rit, to trim or pare the edge of a drain, path, &c. by means of a ritter or ritting-knife.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 243/1 Rit, to cut or mark a line with a spade, on the surface of a bog before cutting turf.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† ritv.²

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.Compare (in different but related sense) ret v.² and earlier ritting at retting n. Forms. A connection with these would pose both phonological and semantic problems.

English regional (Kent). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To dry (hemp or flax).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > other

carfle1398

rita1728

cottonize1851

a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 325^v Ritting of hemp or flax, Kent, to set up the single shots against walls or hedges till by the wind and sun they are ritted or dried.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Rit, to dry hemp or flax. Kent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

rit.adv.

Brit.

/rɪt/, U.S.

/rɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: ritardando adv.; ritenuto adv.

Etymology: Partly shortened < ritardando adv., and partly shortened < ritenuto adv. (originally as graphic abbreviations); compare note at definition.

Music.

= ritardando adv. Also (occasionally): = ritenuto adv.It is sometimes difficult to tell which direction is intended (see quot. 1892), although ‘ritardando’ is the usual meaning.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for tempo

adagio1680

presto1680

vivace1683

largo1702

allegrettoc1710

allegro1721

larghetto1724

lent1724

lento1724

moderato1724

prestissimo1724

stretto1740

a tempo1740

lentamente1762

accelerando1784

rallentando1786

ritardando1806

ritenuto1826

rit.1833

rapido1841

stringendo1853

lentando1854

allargando1873

rall.1876

trascinando1876

animato1879

largando1883

mässig1884

più mosso1931

1833 N. D. Gould National Church Harmony (ed. 4) ii. 288 (direction) Rit.

1886 R. Dunstan Man. Music iii. 70 Terms of Pace, or Speed..A tempo, in strict time (used after Accel., Rall., or Rit.).

1892 Musical Herald 1 Nov. 348/2 Ritardando and ritenuto... It is a waste of time to discuss which rit. stands for, as either may be intended.

1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 552/1 Ritardando,..commonly abbreviated rit.

1993 N. Del Mar Conducting Brahms 132 The soloist will generally treat the ‘rit.’ as a ritenuto..rather than a ritardando.

2004 M. Miller Compl. Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums (ed. 2) vi. 74 You may also see a Ritardando (typically indicated as ‘Rit.’ or ‘Ritard.’).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1657

n.²1868

n.³1880

v.¹c1300

v.²a1728

adv.1833

单词	rit
释义	ritn.¹ Brit. /rɪt/, U.S. /rɪt/, Scottish English /rɪt/ Forms: 1600s–1800s ritt, 1700s– rit. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rit v.¹ Etymology: < rit v.¹ Compare Middle High German ritz- , riz (German Ritz (masculine) scratch, split), German Ritze (feminine) split, groove, cranny (15th cent.) < ritzen rit v.¹ (compare also Old High German riz written character, gash, tear (Middle High German riz , German Riss gash, tear: see i-writ n.)).With sense 1 compare earlier rut n.², rat n.⁴; with sense 2 compare earlier rip n.³ Scottish and English regional (northern and north-west midlands). 1. A rut, groove, or furrow. Now rare.Recorded earliest in cart-ritt n. at cart n. Compounds 2 Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Caithness in 1968. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making grooves > a groove, channel, or furrow furrowc1374 groopc1440 regal1458 rat1513 slot?1523 gutter1555 chamfer1601 channel1611 fluting1611 furrowing1611 rita1657 denervation1657 rigol1658 groove1659 riggota1661 rake1672 stria1673 champer1713 cannelure1755 gully1803 channelure1823 flute1842 rill1855 droke1880 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II clxxxv, in Poems (1878) III. 183 Revenue run's faire..The other Cart-Ritt holds but for a while. 1767 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) (at cited word) The water-run becoming steeper here, the ritt made with this water becomes strong. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Rit, the route or rut of a wheel. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 264/2 Rit, a cart-rut. 1928 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) [Caithness] He pat up his rits straicht. 2. A scratch; a slight incision or slit, spec. one made in a sheep's ear as an identification mark. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > scratching, scraping, or abrasion > a scratch or mark made by scratching or scraping scorec1400 gall1545 rasure1596 ranch1611 rit1709 scuff1954 1709 Masterton Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) John Gibson in Alloa dyd 20 Sepr. of a rit in his finger and infected the whole arm. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. ii. 28 Ye might as weel give it a ritt with the teeth of a redding-kame. 1879 J. White Jottings 227 Ye're noo, my lad, fair i' the rit; Keep oot o' skaith and stick to wit. 1900 Shetland News 8 Dec. All his sheep had the same mark. It was—on the right ear two rits, and a bit out before. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 253 Rit, a scratch made (as with a nail) on a slate, etc.; also, an incised straight line. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles liv. 489 Rit as for rift, rip, the slit also sometimes in the nostrils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Ritn.² Brit. /rɪt/, U.S. /rɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: ritualist n. Etymology: Shortened < ritualist n. British slang. Now rare. = ritualist n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > conformity to > slavish > person characterized by formalist1609 ritualist1625 ceremonialist1682 rubrician?1734 formalizer1742 rubricist1843 Rit1868 externalist1879 spike1902 1868 B. Disraeli Let. 2 Nov. in G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1920) V. ii. 68 To induce..the two great and legitimate parties to cease their internecine strife, and to combine against the common enemies: Rits and Rats. 1898 A. Cavalier Let. in C. Mackenzie My Life & Times (1963) II. 243 My mater calls me a ‘dirty Rit’. ‘So we've got a Rit in the house, have we.’ 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 209/2 Rit,..a ritualistic clergyman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ritn.³ Brit. /rɪt/, U.S. /rɪt/, Irish English /rɪt/, Welsh English /rɪt/ Forms: α. 1800s– rut (Irish English and English regional (Leicestershire)). β. 1800s– rit (English regional (north-west midlands) and Welsh English (north-eastern)). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English ritling , reckling n. Etymology: Shortened < ritling, rutling, variants of reckling n. (see α. forms at reckling n.). With the α. forms perhaps compare runt n. 1d. English regional (chiefly north-west midlands), Welsh English (north-eastern), and Irish English. The smallest and weakest pig of a litter. Also in extended use: a weak child. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > litter > runt tantony1659 whinnock1691 runt1798 poke-shakings1808 Anthony1867 rit1880 1880 J. Britten Old Country & Farming Words vi. 157 Rut (Ireland), smallest of a litter of pigs. (In Ches., Rit.). 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester II. 288 Rit.., the smallest pig of a litter. Also applied to a puny child. 1911 Jrnl. County Kildare Archæol. Soc. 6 537 Rut,..the smallest bonneen in the litter. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 Mar. 216 We gave special food to the rit of one brood (the little one known in other parts [than Cheshire] as the runt or reckling, and by other names). 1945 Béaloideas 14 180 Rut, the smallest of a litter of pigs. The smallest child of a family. 1962 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. i. 279 What do you call the smallest and weakest pig of the litter?.. [South Lancashire] rit. 1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 346 What do you call the smallest and weakest pig of the litter?.. [Leicestershire] rut. 1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 180/2 Rit, the smallest and weakest of a litter of pigs. Cl[wyd]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ritv.¹ Brit. /rɪt/, U.S. /rɪt/, Scottish English /rɪt/, Irish English /rɪt/ Forms: Middle English ret (south-eastern), Middle English righte, Middle English riȝte, Middle English ryghtte, Middle English rytt, Middle English–1500s ritte, 1900s– rit (Irish English (northern)); English regional (northern and north-east midlands) 1800s– rit, 1800s– ritten (past participle); Scottish pre-1700 ritt, pre-1700 rytt, 1800s rit (past participle), 1800s– rit. Also past tense Middle English righte, Middle English riȝte, Middle English ritt, Middle English ritte, Middle English rytte; Scottish pre-1700 rit. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Probably the reflex of an unattested Old English verb cognate with Old High German rizzan (Middle High German ritzen , German ritzen ) < an intensive formation < the same Germanic base as write v. Now Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English. 1. a. transitive. To cut or pierce with a sharp instrument; to tear; to scratch. In later use: spec. to slit (a sheep's ear). Now rare.In quot. c1300 intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] snithec725 carvec1000 cutc1275 slitc1275 hag1294 ritc1300 chop1362 slash1382 cut and carvea1398 flash?a1400 flish?a1400 slenda1400 race?a1425 raise?a1425 razea1425 scotch?c1425 ochec1440 slitec1450 ranch?a1525 scorchc1550 scalp1552 mincea1560 rash?1565 beslash1581 fent1589 engrave1590 nick1592 snip1593 carbonado1596 rescide1598 skice1600 entail1601 chip1609 wriggle1612 insecate1623 carbonate1629 carbonade1634 insecta1652 flick1676 sneg1718 snick1728 slot1747 sneck1817 tame1847 bite- c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2495 (MED) Sket cam a ladde with a knif And bigan Rith at þe to For to ritte and for to flo. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 479 (MED) Þe breche adoun he þrest, He ritt and gan to riȝt. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 5029 (MED) Þar þe wal was broke, þay stode affrounte, And laide to frensche strokes rounde þat hure haberkes ritte. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 16808 (MED) Many a baly scho ther rittes, And many a scheld sche alto sclittes. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 1954 (MED) Þe deuel..made hir oute of hir witte, To gnayste, to cry, hir hare to rytt. 1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Diramare, to ritte, breake, or cut of the braunches from the tree. 1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Isuenare, to cutte or to ritte the veines. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Dinna rit the table wi' that nail. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Rit, to make a mark. 1892 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales 104 Just as he rits up da fish, oot flees a kittywake. 1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 290 A Herdwick sheep's ear is halved, and quartered,..and ritted into all sorts of patterns. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Rit, to cut or slash. †b. transitive. To thrust (a sword or dagger) through a person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > thrust (a sword) pickc1487 stoke1513 sheathe1585 shrine1614 rit1808 1808 Young Johnstone in J. Finlay Hist. & Romantic Ballads II. 73 Young Johnstone had a nut-brown sword,..And he ritted it through the young col'nel. 2. transitive. To cut into (earth, turf, etc.), esp. so as to mark out before digging; = rut v.² 2. Also intransitive. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in the Northern Isles, Caithness, and Galloway in 1968. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > ditch [verb (transitive)] > clean ditch dike1519 ditch1576 didlea1825 rit1825 neck1844 c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 455 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 42 And þai, þi firste faderis war, of þe quhilk [he þat] firste rit þe [sc. Rome] gafe þe name and fowndit to be. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner 28 Lay a foot thick sand immediatly under the truff: then by the squair streatch lines, ritt with the ritting iron..& raise the turff with the turff-spade. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) You had better rit the hail length of the ditch, before ye begin. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Rit, to trim or pare the edge of a drain, path, &c. by means of a ritter or ritting-knife. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 243/1 Rit, to cut or mark a line with a spade, on the surface of a bog before cutting turf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ritv.² Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.Compare (in different but related sense) ret v.² and earlier ritting at retting n. Forms. A connection with these would pose both phonological and semantic problems. English regional (Kent). Obsolete. rare. transitive. To dry (hemp or flax). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > other carfle1398 rita1728 cottonize1851 a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 325^v Ritting of hemp or flax, Kent, to set up the single shots against walls or hedges till by the wind and sun they are ritted or dried. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Rit, to dry hemp or flax. Kent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2020). rit.adv. Brit. /rɪt/, U.S. /rɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: ritardando adv.; ritenuto adv. Etymology: Partly shortened < ritardando adv., and partly shortened < ritenuto adv. (originally as graphic abbreviations); compare note at definition. Music. = ritardando adv. Also (occasionally): = ritenuto adv.It is sometimes difficult to tell which direction is intended (see quot. 1892), although ‘ritardando’ is the usual meaning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for tempo adagio1680 presto1680 vivace1683 largo1702 allegrettoc1710 allegro1721 larghetto1724 lent1724 lento1724 moderato1724 prestissimo1724 stretto1740 a tempo1740 lentamente1762 accelerando1784 rallentando1786 ritardando1806 ritenuto1826 rit.1833 rapido1841 stringendo1853 lentando1854 allargando1873 rall.1876 trascinando1876 animato1879 largando1883 mässig1884 più mosso1931 1833 N. D. Gould National Church Harmony (ed. 4) ii. 288 (direction) Rit. 1886 R. Dunstan Man. Music iii. 70 Terms of Pace, or Speed..A tempo, in strict time (used after Accel., Rall., or Rit.). 1892 Musical Herald 1 Nov. 348/2 Ritardando and ritenuto... It is a waste of time to discuss which rit. stands for, as either may be intended. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 552/1 Ritardando,..commonly abbreviated rit. 1993 N. Del Mar Conducting Brahms 132 The soloist will generally treat the ‘rit.’ as a ritenuto..rather than a ritardando. 2004 M. Miller Compl. Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums (ed. 2) vi. 74 You may also see a Ritardando (typically indicated as ‘Rit.’ or ‘Ritard.’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1657n.²1868n.³1880v.¹c1300v.²a1728adv.1833
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