What is a bough or branch; a twig. [Obs.] As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer called?
ris — A bough or branch; a twig. [Obs.] As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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