A slater , or slate mason , is a tradesperson who covers buildings with slate .
15-538: [REDACTED] Look up ripper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ripper or The Ripper may refer to: People [ edit ] Ripper (surname) Paul Burchill , ring name "The Ripper", a professional wrestler based on Jack the Ripper Kirk Hammett , nicknamed "The Ripper", the lead guitarist in the heavy metal band Metallica Jack
30-558: A 2001 Canadian-British slasher film Ripper ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff) , a proposed TV series featuring the character Rupert Giles The Ripper (TV series) , a 2020 British docuseries about Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper "Ripper" ( The Outer Limits ) , a television episode Games [ edit ] Ripper (video game) , a computer game released in 1996 The Ripper (video game) ,
45-425: A blade and a hook, used for removing broken slate Ripper, a moveable hard steel hook on the back of a bulldozer used to break up hard soil or pavement CD ripper , a piece of software that reads compact discs and extracts audio data and stores it in an audio format computer file DVD ripper , a computer application that copies the contents of a DVD to a hard disk A type of small cordless chainsaw , used by
60-409: A colloquialism for flatulence Gibson Ripper , a model of electric bass guitar Operation Ripper , a United Nations Korean War operation Repeated Incremental Pruning to Produce Error Reduction (RIPPER) , a propositional rule learner A type of bulldozer for breaking a ground surface See also [ edit ] Rip (disambiguation) RIP (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
75-414: A hammer head at the other. The ripper is also forged from crucible-cast steel and is 24 inches (60 cm) long. It consists of a blade and a hook, and is used for removing broken slate. The hook can be used to cut and remove slating nails. The slater's stake is T-shaped. The vertical bar of the "T" is pointed to allow it to be driven into a rafter or other woodworking surface. The horizontal bar of
90-595: A major character from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer also known as "Ripper" General Jack D. Ripper , in the movie Dr. Strangelove , played by Sterling Hayden Rippers, horizontally flying bug-like creatures belonging to the Metroid series Rippers, a race of mutant kangaroo–human hybrids in the graphic novel and film Tank Girl Stefan Salvatore , from The Vampire Diaries also known as "Ripper" Film and television [ edit ] Ripper (film) ,
105-535: A video game cancelled in 2009 Literature [ edit ] Ripper ( El juego de Ripper ), a novel by Isabel Allende Ripper , the fourth novel in Michael Slade 's long-running Special X series Music [ edit ] Ripper, a Houston heavy metal band, and recording artists for Black Widow Records "The Ripper", a song by Judas Priest, from the album Sad Wings of Destiny Devices [ edit ] Ripper, slater 's tool with
120-778: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ripper (surname) Ripper is the surname of: Eric Ripper (born 1951), Australian retired politician Georgie Ripper (born 1977), English children's book illustrator João Guilherme Ripper (born 1959), Brazilian composer, conductor and academic Michael Ripper (1913–2000), English actor Rudolph von Ripper (1905–1960), Austrian-born American painter, illustrator and soldier Velcrow Ripper (born 1963), Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and public speaker William Ripper (1853–1937), British mechanical engineer and academic [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
135-418: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Slater The various tools of the slater's trade are all drop-forged . The slater's hammer is forged in one single piece, from crucible-cast steel, and has a 12-inch (30 cm) leather handle. It consists of a claw for drawing nails, a sheer edge for cutting slate, and a head with a sharp point at one end for punching holes in slate and with
150-725: The Enclave and Brotherhood of Steel in the Fallout series . Sports [ edit ] Grand Rapids (baseball team) , known as the Rippers in 1894 and 1896 London Rippers , a former professional baseball team based in London, Ontario, Canada Other uses [ edit ] Ripper (food) , a variety of hot dog served in New Jersey Ripper (racquet) , a racquetball racquet from Wilson Sporting Goods Ripper,
165-419: The surname Ripper . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ripper_(surname)&oldid=1195890546 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732771713647180-576: The "Gainesville Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe , known as the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer active in Yorkshire from 1975–1980 Brandon Vedas , nicknamed "Ripper", a man who died of a drug overdose on IRC Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Fictional characters [ edit ] Ripper (G.I. Joe) , in the G.I. Joe universe "Ripper", the villain in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero Rupert Giles ,
195-407: The "T" is used to support slates whilst working on them (cutting, punching, or smoothing) with other tools. The long bar of the stake can also be used as a straight edge for marking. The zax (also called a sack or sax ) is a hand tool for cutting, trimming, and punching nail holes in slate. It consists of a heavy rectangular knife blade with a large point, of square cross section, protruding from
210-490: The Ripper , a pseudonym for an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in London in the latter half of 1888 Ripper Jayanandan (born 1968), Indian serial killer Tim "Ripper" Owens , a heavy metal singer Psicosis II , a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who was renamed Psyco Ripper and then Ripper Terry "The Ripper" Rivera, a professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling Danny Rolling , serial killer known as
225-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ripper . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ripper&oldid=1222608015 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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