‖ ˈrisco Obs.
[a. older It. risco (Florio), var. of risico, rischio: see risk n., and cf. risgo.]
Risk.
| 1657 R. Ligon Barbadoes 1 Having been censured by some that I should..undertake to run so long a Risco from England to the Barbadoes. 1682 J. Scarlett Exchanges Pref. A 3 b, To consider..their great Labour and Expences, the Risco that they run [etc.]. 1707 tr. Wks. C'tess D'Anois (1715) 431 The King had run a thousand Risco's since his confinement in the Cage. |