ris Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
    RI; Rhode Island; Little Rhody; Ocean State.

WordNet

Ris noun
Etymology
AS. hris; akin to D. rils, G. reis, OHG. hris.
Definitions
  1. A bough or branch; a twig. Obs.
    As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer.

Webster 1913