_Complaynt S._
QUOY, _s._ A young cow.
V. ~Quey~.
QUOY, _s._
1. A piece of ground, taken in from a common, and inclosed, Orkn.
2. _Sheep quoy_, a penn; synon. with _bucht_, Orkn.
Isl. _kwi_, claustrum, ubi oves includuntur.
3. _A ringit quoy_, one which has originally been of a circular form,
ibid.
QUOTT, QUOTE, QUOITT, _s._ The portion of the goods of one deceased,
appointed by law to be paid for the confirmation of his testament, or
for the right of intromitting with his property.
_Act Sed._
Fr. _quote_, L. B. _quota_, portion.
R
RA, RAA, RAE, _s._ A roe.
_Acts Ja. I._
Isl. _ra_, Su. G. Dan. _raa_, id.
RA, RAY, _s._ The sail-yard.
Isl. _raa_, Su. G. _segelraa_, id.
~Rabandis~, ~Raibandis~, _s. pl._ The small lines which fasten the sail
to the yard.
Su. G. _refband_, robbins.
_Douglas._
RABBLE, _s._ A rhapsody, S.
_Baillie._
Teut. _rabbel-en_, garrire, nugari.
_To_ ~Rabble~, ~Raible~, _v. n._ To rattle nonsense.
_Gl. Shirr._
RABIL, _s._ A disorderly train.
_Douglas._
_To_ RABETE.
V. ~Rebute~.
RACE, _pret. v._ Dashed.
V. ~Rasch~.
_Wall._
RACE, _s._
1. A current.
V. ~Raiss~.
2. The current which turns a mill, S. B.
_Law Case._
3. The train of historical narration.
_R. Bruce._
RACE, _s._ Course at sea.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _resa_, id. Belg. _reys_, a voyage.
RACHE, (hard), _s._ A dog that discovers and pursues his prey by the
scent.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _racke_, canis sagax, L. B. _racha_; Norm. _racche_, id.
RACHE, Houlate.
V. ~Raith~.
RACHLIE, (gutt.) _adj._ Dirty and disorderly, S. B.
Isl. _hrakleg-r_, incomtus, male habitus.
RACHLIN, _adj._
1. Unsettled, hare-brained, S. B.
2. Noisy, clamorous, S. B.
Su. G. _ragl-a_, huc illuc ferri; Isl. _ragalinn_, perversè
delirans.
RACK, _s._ A frame fixed to the wall, for holding plates, &c. S.
RACK (of a mill), _s._ A piece of wood used for the purpose of feeding a
mill, S.
RACKABIMUS, _s._ A sudden or unexpected stroke or fall, Ang.
RACKEL, RACKLE, RAUCLE, _adj._ Rash, fearless, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _rack-r_, strenuus, arduus.
~Rackel-handit~, _adj._ Careless; rash, S. corr. _rackless-handed_.
_Gl. Shirr._
RACKET, _s._ A dress frock, Loth.
Su. G. _rocke_, Arm. _roket_, Fr. _rocket_, toga.
RACKET, _s._ A smart stroke, S.
_Ruddiman._
Isl. _hreck-ia_, propellere; Belg. _rack-en_, to hit.
RACKLE, _s._ A chain, S. B.
RACKLESS, _adj._ Regardless, S. O. E.
V. ~Rak~, _s._
_Kelly._
RACKLIGENCE, _s._ Chance, accident, S. B.
_Ross._
RACKMEREESLE, _adv._ Higgledy-piggeldy, Fife. Perths.
RACKSTICK, _s._ A stick used for twisting ropes, S. from E. _rack_, to
extend.
_To_ RACUNNYS, _v. a._ To recognise in a juridical sense.
_Wallace._
L. B. _recognosc-ere_.
RAD, RADE, RED, _adj._ Afraid; Clydes. Dumfr.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _raed-as_, _radd-a_, terreo, timeo; Su. G. _raedd_, Dan.
_raed_, _red_, afraid.
~Raddour~, ~Reddour~, _s._ Fear.
_Wallace._
Su. G. raedde, id.
~Radness~, _s._ Fear, timidity.
_Barbour._
RAD, _s._ Counsel.
V. ~Red~.
RADDMAN, _s._ A counsellor, Orkney.
V. ~Lagraetman~.
RADDOWRE, REDDOUR, _s._
1. Vehemence, violence.
_Douglas._
2. Rigour, severity.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _rador_, the same with _roideur_, dureté.
RADE, RAID, _s._ An invasion, an attack by violence.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _rad_, _rade_, invasio, incursio.
RADE, RAID, _s._ A road for ships.
_Douglas._
Fr. _rade_, Belg. _rede_, Su. G. _redd_, id.
RADE, _adv._ Rather.
V. ~Rath~.
_Priests Peblis._
_To_ RADOTE, _v. n._ To rave, particularly in sleep.
Fr. _radot-er_.
_Burel._
_To_ RADOUN, _v. n._ To return.
_Wallace._
Fr. _redond-er_, to return.
RAE, WRAE, _s._ An inclosure for cattle, S. B.
Isl. _ra_, secessus domus; latibulum.
RAE, _s._ A roe.
V. ~Ra~.
RAF. _In raf_, quickly.
Su. G. _rapp_, citus; _rafsa_, celeriter.
RAFF, _s._ Plenty, abundance, S. B.
_Ross._
A. S. _reaf_, spolia; C. B. _rhav_, diffusion.
RAFF, _s._ A flying shower, Ang.
Su. G. _rafs-a_, celeriter auferre.
RAFFAN, _adj._ Merry, roving.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _raf-a_, vagari.
RAFFEL, _s._ Doe-skin.
_Chr. Kirk._
From _ra_, _rae_, a roe, and _fell_, a skin.
_To_ RAG, _v. a._ To rally, to reproach, S.
Isl. _raeg-a_, Alem. _ruag-en_, to accuse.
_To_ RAGGLE, _v. a._
1. To ruffle the skin, S.
2. In architecture, to jagg, to groove, S.
C. B. _rhugl-aw_, to rub, to chafe; at-terere, Davies; _rhygl-o_, to
rub, to fret; Lhuyd: also, to groove, striare.
RAGMAN, RAGMENT, _s._
1. A long piece of writing.
_Wyntown._
2. A rhapsody.
_Douglas._
3. An account, in order to a settlement.
_Dunbar._
Ital. _ragionamento_, a discourse.
RAGMAN'S ROW, or ROLL, a collection of those deeds by which the nobility
and gentry of Scotland were constrained to subscribe allegiance to
Edward I. of England, A. 1296.
_Rudd._
Isl. _raeg-a_, to accuse, _raege_, an accuser; hence the devil is
called _Rageman_, P. Ploughm.
RAGWEED, _s._ Ragwort, S.
_Burns._
_To_ RAY, _v. a._ To array.
_Wallace._
~Ray~, _s._ Military arrangement.
_Id._
RAY, _s._ Uncertain.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _ra_, Isl. _raege_, daemon.
RAY, REE, _adj._ Mad, wild.
V. ~Ree~.
_Gl. Sibb._
RAYATT, Barbour. L. _ryotyt_, rioted.
RAID, _s._ An inroad, S.
V. ~Rade~.
RAID, _s._ A road for ships.
V. ~Rade~.
RAYEN, RAYON, _s._ A ray.
_Hume._
Fr. _rayon_, id.
RAIF, _part. pa._ Rent.
_Pal. Hon._
Su. G. _rifw-a_, to rive.
RAIF, _s._ Robbery.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _reaf_, spolia; _reaf-ian_, to rob.
_To_ RAIF, _v. n._ To rave.
_Douglas._
Belg. _rev-en_, Fr. _resv-er_.
_To_ RAIK, RAKE, RAYK, REYKE, _v. n._
1. To range, S.
_Douglas._
2. To move expeditiously, S.
_Sir Gawan._
3. _To raik on raw_, to march in order.
_Douglas._
4. To be copious in discourse.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _rek-a_, to roam; _rak-a_, to go swiftly.
~Raik~, ~Rayk~, ~Rake~, _s._
1. The extent of a course or walk, S.
Hence, _sheep-raik_, and _cattle-raik_, S.
_Wyntown._
2. A swift pace.
_Ross._
3. The act of carrying from one place to another, S.
_Henrysone._
4. The extent of fishing ground, S. B.
_Act Concil._
5. _Tongue-raik_, elocution, flow of language, S. B.
RAIK, RAK, RACK, _s._ Care, reckoning. _Quhat raik?_ what do I care for
it? S.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _recce_, cura, O. E. _reck_.
RAIL, _s._ A woman's jacket, S. B.
_Gl. Sibb._
Belg. _ryglyf_, a boddice stays.
_To_ RAILL, _v. n._ To jest.
_Burel._
Fr. _raill-er_, id.
~Railyear~, _s._ A jester.
_Douglas._
RAIN GOOSE, the red-throated diver, supposed to prognosticate _rain_,
Caithn.
_Stat. Acc._
RAYNE, _s._
V. ~Rane~.
RAING, _s._ Row.
V. ~Rang~.
_To_ ~Raing~, _v. n._
1. To rank up, S.
_Ferguson._
2. To follow in a line, S. B.
RAIP, _s._
1. A rope, S.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _raip_, A. S. _rape_, id.
2. A rood; or six ells in length.
_Skene._
Su. G. _rep-a_, to measure by a line.
RAIR, _s._ A roar.
V. ~Rare~.
_To_ RAISE, RAIZE, _v. a._
1. To excite, S.
_Burns._
2. To madden; _rais'd_, delirious, S.
Alem. _raiz-en_, irritare; Su. G. _ras-a_, insanire.
RAISE-NET FISHING, allowing the lower part of the net to _rise_ and
float with the flowing tide, and to fall down with the ebb, Dumfr.
_Stat. Acc._
RAISS, RASSE, RASE, RACE, _s._ A strong current in the sea, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _raes_, aestuarium.
RAITH, REATH, _s._ The fourth part of a year, S.
_Ross._
Gael. _ratha_, _raithe_, id.; Su. G. _ret_, Isl. _reit-r_, quadratum
quodvis.
RAITH, _adj._
1. Sudden, quick.
_Houlate._
A. S. _hraeth_, celer, Isl. _hradr_, promptus.
2. Ready, prepared.
_Douglas._
~Raith~, _adv._ Quickly.
A. S. _rath_, id.
_Doug._
RAIVEL, _s._ A rail, S.
Fr. _verre-vel_, id.
_To_ RAK, _v. a._ To reach.
_Montgomerie._
A. S. _raec-an_, Su. G. _raeck-a_, id.
_To_ RAK, REK, _v. a._ To regard.
_Doug._
A. S. _rec-an_, Isl. _raek-ia_, curare.
~Rak~, _s._ Care.
V. ~Raik~.
RAK, RAWK, ROIK, ROOK, _s._ A thick mist or fog, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _rak-ur_, humidus; Teut. _roock_, vapor.
RAK, RAWK, _s._ The rheum which distils from the eyes during sleep, S.
B.
Isl. _hrak_, rejectaneum quid.
_Rudd._
RAK, RAWK, _s._ The greenish scum on stagnated water, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
RACK, _s._ A shock; a blow.
_Douglas._
Isl. _rek-a_, _hreck-ia_, propellere, quatere.
RAK-SAUCH, _s._ A reproachful term; q. applied to one who deserves to
_rack_, or stretch, a withy.
_Dunbar._
RAKE. L. _wrake_, wreck.
_Sir Tristrem._
RAKE, _s._ A swift pace.
V. ~Raik~.
RAKYNG, _part. pr._ Perhaps wandering.
_Dunbar._
RAKKET, _s._ Uncertain.
_Bannatyne P._
RAKLESS, _adj._ Careless, rash, S.
A. S. _recceleas_, id.
~Rakleslie~, _adv._ Unwittingly.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ RALE, _v. n._ To spring, to gush forth.
Isl. _ryll_, rivus tacitè labens.
_Doug._
_To_ RALEIFF, _v. n._ To rally.
_Wallace._
RALIS, _s. pl._ Nets.
_Douglas._
Franc. _regil_, vectis, obex.
RALLION, _s._ Clattering, noise, S. B.
Isl. _ragl-a_, incedere; _ragl_, gressus.
RAMAGIECHAN, _s._ Expl. a large raw-boned person, speaking and acting
heedlessly, Ang.
_To_ RAMBARRE, _v. a._ To repulse; Fr. _rembarr-er_, id.
_Godscroft._
_To_ RAME, _v. n._ To shout, to roar, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hream-an_, Su. G. _raam-a_, clamare.
~Rame~, _s._ A cry; especially as denoting reiteration of the same
sound, S.
~Ramyng~, _s._ A loud cry.
_Douglas._
RAMEDE, _s._ Remedy; Fr. _remede_.
_Wallace._
RAMFEEZLED, _part. adj._ Fatigued, exhausted, S.
_Burns._
Teut. _ramme_, aries, and _futsel-en_, agitare.
RAMFORSIT, _part. pa._ Crammed.
_N. Burne._
RAMGUNSHOCH, _adj._ Rugged.
_Kelly._
Isl. _ram-r_, fortis, and _gunni_, vir pugnax.
RAMMASCHE, _adj._ Collected; Fr. _rammassé_.
_Complaynt S._
RAMMEKINS, _s._ A dish made of eggs, cheese, and crumbs of bread, mixed
in the manner of a pudding.
_Gl. Sibb._
Flandr. _rammekin_, panis escharites.
RAMMEL, RAMEL, _s._ Small branches.
Fr. _ramilles_, id.
_Burel._
~Rammel~, _adj._
1. Branchy; Fr. _ramillé_.
_Complaynt S._
2. Rank, applied to straw, S. B.
RAMMEL, RAMBLE, _s._ Mixed grain, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _rammel-en_, tumultuari.
RAMMER, _s._ A ramrod, S.
_To_ RAMMIS, _v. n._ To be driven about under the impulse of any
powerful appetite, S. B.
Alem. _romisch pfaerd_, equus salax.
~Rammist~, _part. adj._ Raging.
_Bellenden._
_To_ RAMORD, _v. n._
V. ~Remord~.
_To_ RAMP, _v. n._
1. To be rompish, S.
2. To rage.
_Wallace._
A. S. _rempend_, praeceps.
~Ramp~, _adj._
1. Riotous.
_Fountainhall._
2. Vehement, violent, S.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ RAMP, _v. n._ Applied to milk when it becomes ropy, S. B.
Fr. _ramp-er_, to climb.
_To_ RAMP, _v. a._ To trample.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ RAMPAGE, _v. n._ To prance about with fury, S.
_Ross._
_Ram_, and _pauge_; q. to prance like a ram.
RAMPAR EEL, a lamprey, S.
_Statist. Acc._
RAMPS, _s. pl._ A species of garlick, Loth.
Sw. _rams_, id.
RAM-RAIS, RAM-RACE, _s._ The act of running in a precipitous manner,
with the head inclined downwards, S.
Teut. _ramey-en_, arietare.
_Douglas._
RAMSH, _adj._
1. Strong, robust, S. B. Su. G. _ram_, Isl. _ramm-ur_, id.
2. Lascivious, salacious, S.
Teut. _ramm-en_, salire; Alem. _romisch_, salax.
3. Harsh to the taste, S. B.
Norw. _romms_, rank; Isl. _rammr_, bitter.
RAM-STAM, _adj._ Forward, thoughtless, S.
_Burns._
~Ram-stam~, _adv._ Precipitately, S. _Ram_, and _staemm-a_, tendere.
RAMUKLOCH. _To sing ramukloch_, to cry.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Gael. _ra_, denoting motion, _muich_, sadness, and _loch_, dark, or
_laoi_, day; q. "deep sorrow," or "the day of sadness comes."
_To_ RANCE, _v. a._ To prop with stakes, S. Su. G. _raenn-a_, to fasten
a door with a stake.
~Rance~, _s._
1. A wooden prop, S.
2. The cross bar which joins the lower part of the frame of a chair
together. Ang.
3. The cornice of a wooden bed, S.
Su. G. _ren_, a stake.
RANDER, _s._ Order, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _rand_, margo, linea, pl. _rander_.
RANDERS, _s. pl._
1. Idle rumours, S.
2. Idle conversation, S.
Fland. _rand-en_, delirare, nugari.
RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, _s._
1. A beggar who exacts alms by threatening language, S.
_Ritson._
2. A scold, S.
Su. G. _ran_, spoil, and _tiuf_, a thief; Gael. _ranntaich_, a
songster.
~Randy~, _adj._ Quarrelsome, scolding, S.
_Meston._
RANDOUN, _s._ Swift motion.
_Barbour._
Fr. _randon_, the force of a violent stream.
_To_ ~Randon~, _v. n._ To flow swiftly in a straight line.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _randonn-er_, id.
RANE, RAYNE, RAIN, REANE, _s._
1. Tedious idle talk.
_Wyntown._
2. Metrical jargon.
_Douglas._
3. A frequent repetition of the same sound.
_Houlate._
Germ. _raun_, an incantation. Isl. _runa_, sermo non intermissus.
_To_ ~Rane~, _v. a._ To cry the same thing over and over, S. O.
_rainie_, Ang.
_Douglas._
RANEGALD, _adj._ Acting as a _renegado_.
_Kennedy._
RANG, RAING, _s._ A row, a rank, S.
Fr. _rang_, id. Sw. _rang_, C. B. _rhenge_, ordo, series.
RANG, _pret._ Reigned, S.
_Garden._
RANGALE, RANGALD, RINGALD, RANGAT, _s._
1. The rabble.
_Barbour._
2. A crowd, a mob, S. B.
_Douglas._
3. Anarchy, disorder.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _hraungl_, strepitus; or _ran_, rapina, and _gild_, societas.
RANGE, _s._
1. A company of hunters.
Fr. _rang_, _rangée_, a row.
_Douglas._
2. The van of an army.
_Wallace._
RANK, _adj._
1. Strong, able-bodied.
_Bellenden._
2. Harsh; applied to the voice.
_Doug._
RANNOK FLOOK, a species of flounder. Perhaps for _Bannock_.
_Sibbald._
RANSOUNE, RANSOWN, _s._ Ransom.
Fr. _ranson_, id.
_Wallace._
_To_ RANTER, _v. a._
1. To sow a seam across neatly, S.
Fr. _rentraire_, id.
2. To darn in a coarse manner, Ang.
RANTY-TANTY, _s._ A weed which grows among corn with a reddish leaf, S.
B.
_Ritson._
RANTLE-TREE, RANDLE-TREE, _s._
1. The beam which extends across a chimney, on which the crook is
suspended, S. _Ran-tree_, Fife.
_Journ. Lond._
Sw. _rundel_, a round building.
2. The end of a rafter or beam.
_Gl. Shirr._
Su. G. _rand_, extremity, and _tilia_, A. S. _thil_, a joist.
3. A tall raw-boned person, S. A.
_Mannering._
RANTREE, _s._
V. ~Rountree~.
RAP, RAPE, _s._ A rope.
V. ~Raip~.
_To_ RAP, _v. n._ To fall in quick succession.
_Ross._
Su. G. _rap-a_, praeceps ruo, procido.
RAP, _s._
1. A cheat, an impostor, S.
2. A counterfeit coin; _a mere rap_, S.
Su. G. _rapp-a_, vi ad se protrahere.
RAP, _s. In a rap_, immediately, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _rapp_, Belg. _rap_, quick.
_To_ ~Rap~ _aff_ a thing, to do it expeditiously, Loth.
_To_ ~Rap~ _forth_, or _out_, _v. a._ To throw out forcibly.
_Douglas._
~Rape~, _adv._ Hastily.
_Montgomerie._
RAPEGYRNE, _s._ The name anciently given to the little figure made of
the last handful of grain cut on the harvest field, now called the
_Maiden_.
_Fordun._
Su. G. _rep-a_, to reap; and _gerna_, greedily; Isl. _girn-a_,
cupere; q. what is reaped with great eagerness.
RAPLACH, RAPLACK, RAPLOCK, REPLOCH, _s._ Coarse woollen cloth, homespun,
and not dyed, S.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _rep-a_, vellere, and _lock_, cirrus; q. the _lock_ of wool,
as _plucked_ from the animal.
~Raploch~, _adj._ Coarse.
_Burns._
_To_ RAPPLE _up_, _v. a._ To do work in a hurried and imperfect manner,
S. B.
Isl. _hrap-a_, festinare.
_To_ RARE, RAIR, _v. n._ To roar.
A. S. _rar-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Rare~, ~Rair~, _s._
1. A roar.
_Lyndsay._
2. A loud report of any kind, S.
_To_ RAS, _v. a._ To raise.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RASCH, _v. a._ To dash, to beat.
Isl. _rask-a_, frangere.
_Bellenden._
~Rasch~, _s._
1. Dash, collision.
_Douglas._
2. The clashing of arms.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hraes_, impetus.
_To_ RASCH, RASHE, _v. n._ To make any forcible exertion, to rush, S. A.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _raes-an_, to rush.
RASCH, RASH, _adj._ Agile, active, Loth.
Su. G. _rask_, celer, promtus.
RASCH, RASH, _s._ A rush, S.
A. S. _resc_, juncus.
_Complaynt S._
~Raschen~, ~Rashen~, _adj._ Made of rushes, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
~Rashy~, _adj._ Covered with rushes, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ RASE _out_, _v. a._ To pluck.
_Douglas._
Germ. _reiss-en_, Alem. _raz-en_, rapere.
RASIT, _part. pa._ Abashed.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _rask-a_, perturbare.
RASPS, _s. pl._ Raspberries, S.
RASSE, _s._ A current.
V. ~Raiss~.
RAT, _s._
1. A scratch, S.
2. Metaph. a wrinkle.
_Douglas._
3. A rut; _cart-rat_, S. B.
Teut. _rete_, incisura; Su. G. _ratta_, a path.
_To_ ~Rat~, ~Ratt~, _v. a._
1. To scratch, S.
2. To make deep ruts, S.
_Ruddiman._
RAT, _s._ A wart, S.
V. ~Wrat~.
RATCH, _s._ The lock of a musket.
_Colvil._
RATCH, _s._ The little auk, Orkn.; _rotch_, Shetl.; _Rotges_, Martin.
_Neill._
RATCHEL, _s._ A hard rocky crust below the soil, S.
Fr. _rochaille_, rocks.
RATH, _adj._ Quick.
V. ~Raith~.
RATH, _adj._ Strange, savage in appearance.
A. S. _rethe_, savage.
_Houlate._
RATIHABITION, _s._ Confirmation; a forensic term, S.
L. B. _ratihabitio_, id.
RATT, RATTE, _s._ A file of soldiers.
_Baillie._
Germ. _rat_, series; Dan. _rad_, a file.
RATTLESCULL, _s._ One who talks much without thinking, S.
_Shirrefs._
RATT RIME, _s._ Any thing metrical repeated by rote, S.
_Douglas._
E. _rote_; Isl. _rot-a_, circumagere.
RATTS, _s. pl._ A wheel on which criminals are set, after being put to
death.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _op een rad gezet_, set upon a wheel.
RATTON, _s._ A rat, S.
_Bellenden._
Gael. _radan_, Hisp. _raton_, id.
RAUCHAN, _s._ A plaid worn by men, S.
Gael. _riachan_, any thing grey.
RAUCHT, _pret. v._ Reached.
_Douglas._
A. S. _rachte_, porrigebat.
RAUCHTIR, _s._ Perh. a rake.
_Dunbar._
Gael. _racaire_, id.
_To_ RAVE, _v. a._ To take by violence.
A. S. _ref-an_, id.
_Pitscottie._
RAVE, _s._ A vague report, S. B.
Fr. _reve_, a dream, Teut. _rev-en_, delirare.
RAVELLED. _A ravell'd hesp_, a troublesome or intricate business, S.
_Kelly._
_To red a ravell'd hesp_, to engage in any perplexed business, attended
with difficulty, S.
_Ross._
RAVERY, _s._ Delirium.
_Wodrow._
Fr. _resverie_, id.
RAUGHT, _s._ The act of reaching, S. B.
A. S. _raec-an_, to reach.
_Journ. Lond._
RAUCLE, _adj._ Rash.
V. ~Rackel~.
RAVIN, _adj._ Ravenous.
_K. Quair._
RAUISANT, _part. pr._ Violent.
Fr. _ravissant_, id.
_Complaynt S._
RAUN, RAWN, _s._ Roe of fish, S.
Dan. _raun_, Teut. _rogen_, id.
_K. Ja. VI._
~Rauner~, _s._ The female salmon, which has the roe, Loth. S. A.
RAUNS, _s. pl._ The beard of barley, S. B.
C. B. _rhawn_, long or coarse hair, bristles.
_To_ RAUNG, _v. n._ To range.
_Barbour._
Sw. _rang_, ordo.
RAW, _adj._
1. Damp and chill, S.
Su. G. _raa_, madidus.
2. Unmixed; as _raw spirits_, spirits not diluted, S.
Su. G. _raa_, crudus.
RAW, _s._
1. A row, a rank, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _raewa_, id.
2. A kind of street.
V. ~Rew~.
3. Parallel ridges, S. B.
_Ramsay._
RAWMOUD, _adj._ Beardless, simple; q. _raw-mouthed_.
_Kennedy._
_To_ RAX, _v. n._
1. To extend the limbs, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. To make efforts to attain.
_Ramsay._
~Rax~, _s._ The act of stretching, S.
_Morison._
A. Bor. _wrax_, id.
~Raxes~, _s. pl._ Andirons, S.
_Ramsay._
READ FISH.
V. ~Reid Fische~.
READILY, _adv._ Probably.
_Baillie._
REAKE, REAK, _s._ A trick, a prank, S. A.
_Z. Boyd._
_To play reakes_, to play tricks.
Isl. _hreck-r_, dolus; nequitia.
REALE, _adj._ Royal.
O. Fr.
_Wyntown._
~Realté~, ~Reawté~, ~Ryawté~, _s._
1. Royalty.
_Wyntown._
2. Royal retinue.
_Wyntown._
REAM, REYME, _s._ Cream, S.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _ream_, Isl. _riome_, id.
_To_ ~Ream~, _v. a._ To cream, S.
Germ. _rahm-en_, id.
_To_ ~Ream~, ~Reme~, _v. n._
1. To be creamed, S.
_Ross._
2. To froth, S.
_Douglas._
REASON, _s._ Right, justice.
_Baillie._
REAVEL-RAVEL, _s._ A rhapsody.
_Cleland._
Belg. _revel-en_, to rave, to talk idly.
REAVER, _s._ Robber.
V. ~Reyffar~.
REAWS, _s. pl._ Royal personages.
O. Fr. _reaulx_, id.
_Wyntown._
_To_ REBET, _v. a._ To abate.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _rebattre_, id.
REBALD, _s._ A low worthless fellow; Fr. _ribauld_.
_Kennedy._
~Rebaldale~, _s._ The rabble.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _ribaudaille_, canaille.
~Rebaldie~, ~Rybbaldy~, _s._ Vulgarity of conversation.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _ribaudie_, libertinage.
REBAT, _s._ Cape of a mantle.
_Watson._
Fr. _rabat_, id.
REBAWKIT, _pret. v._ Rebuked.
_Houlate._
REBBIT, _s._ A polished stone for a window, door, or corner, S.;
_reybit_, Lanerks.
O. Fr. _rabot-ir_, unir, polir.
_To_ REBET, _v. n._ To make a renewed attack.
_Wallace._
Fr. _rabat-re_, to draw back again.
REBOURIS. _At rebouris_, _adv._ Cross, quite contrary to.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _à rebours_, id.
_To_ REBUT, RABUT, REBOYT, _v. a._
1. To repulse.
_Douglas._
2. To rebuke, to taunt.
_Wallace._
Fr. _rebut-er_ is used in both senses.
~Rebute~, _s._ A repulse.
_Douglas._
RECHAS, _s._ A call to drive back the game.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _rechass-er_, to repel.
RECK, _s._ Course, tract, border.
Teut. _reck-en_, tendere.
_Pennant._
RECORDOUR, _s._ A wind instrument.
_Houlate._
_To_ RECOUNTIR, _s._ To encounter.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RECULE, _v. n._ To recoil.
_Doug._
Fr. _recul-er_, id.
RECURE, _s._ Redress, remedy.
Fr. _recours_, id.
_To_ RED, _v. n._ To suppose, to guess, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
A. S. _raed-an_, to conjecture, to divine.
_To_ RED, REDE, _v. a._ To counsel, S.
A. S. _raed-an_, Isl. _rad-a_, id.
_Ritson._
~Rede~, ~Reide~, ~Rad~, _s._ Counsel, S.
_Burns._
~Will of rede~, destitute of counsel.
_Barbour._
A. S. Teut. _raed_, Isl. _rad_, id.
~Rede~, _adj._ Aware, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Redles~, _adj._ In a confused state.
_Wallace._
A. S. _raed-leas_, praeceps.
_To_ REDE, _v. a._ To determine one's fate.
A. S. _raed-an_, decernere.
_Houlate._
~Reid~, _s._ Fate, lot.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ RED, REDE, READ, _v. a._ To explain; as, to _red a riddle_, or a
_dream_, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Su. G. _raad-a_, _red-a_, interpretari.
_To_ REDE, REID, _v. n._ To discourse.
Isl. Su. G. _raed-a_, loqui.
_Barbour._
~Rede~, _s._
1. Voice.
_Wallace._
2. Religious service.
_Houlate._
Isl. _roedd_, vox; _raeda_, sermo.
_To_ RED, _v. a._ To disentangle; as, _to red a ravell'd hesp_, to
unravel yarn that is disordered; to _redd_, South E. id.
_Doug._
_To red the head_, or _hair_, to comb out the hair, S.
Su. G. _reda_, explicare, is used in both these senses.
_To_ RED, REDD, REDE, RID, _v. a._
1. To clear, to put in order; as, _to red the road_, to clear the way;
_to red up_ one's self, to dress; to _red up_ a house, to put it in
order; _to red marches_, to fix boundaries, also, to compose
differences, S.
_Wyntown._
2. To part combatants; also, _to red a pley_, to settle a broil, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
~Redder~, ~Ridder~, _s._
1. One who endeavours to settle a dispute.
_Baillie._
2. One who settles a dispute by force of arms.
_Monro._
A. S. _ge-raed-ian_, Su. G. _red-a_, parare.
~Red~, ~Redd~, _s._
1. Clearance.
_Wallace._
2. Order, S.
Isl. _raud_, id.
3. Rubbish, S.
V. ~Outredd~.
~Red~, ~Redd~, _part. adj._
1. Put in order, S.
A. S. _hraed_, paratus.
2. Used as E. _ready_, S. B.
3. Distinct; opposed to confusion, S. B.
~Redding-straik~, _s._ The stroke which one often receives in attempting
to separate those who are fighting, S.
_Kelly._
~Redsman~, _s._ One who clears away rubbish, Loth.
_To_ RED, _v. a._
1. To disencumber, E. _rid._
_Knox._
2. To rescue from destruction.
_Barbour._
3. Denoting the act of persons who remove from a place.
_Keith._
Su. G. _raedd-a_, A. S. _hredd-an_, liberare.
~Red~, _s._ Riddance.
_Maitland P._
_To_ RED, _v. a._ To overpower.
_Barbour._
A. S. _raed-an_, regere.
RED, _adj._ Afraid.
V. ~Rad~.
_Burns._
~Reddour~, _s._ Dread.
_Douglas._
RED, REDD, _s._
1. Spawn, S.
C. B. _rhid_, _rhith_, sperma; _rhid-io_, coire.
2. The place in which salmon or other fish deposit their spawn, S. A.
To ~Red~, _v. n._ To spawn, S.
_To_ REDACT, _v. a._ To reduce.
Lat. _redact-us_.
_Spotswood._
RED-BELLY, RED-WAME, _s._ The charr, S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
REDCAP, _s._ A name given by the vulgar to a domestic spirit, S. A.
_Minstr. Bord._
REDE, _adj._ Fierce, furious.
_Wallace._
A. S. _reth_, ferox, saevus.
REDE, _s._ A being, apparently of the fairy kind, S. A.
_Gl. Compl._
Isl. _rad_, a demon or genius.
_To_ REDY, _v. a._ To make ready.
_Barbour._
REDYMYTE, REDEMYTE, _adj._ Decked, beautiful.
_Douglas._
Lat. _redimit-us_, crowned.
RED LAND, ground turned up by the plough, S.
RED-SHANK, _s._ A nick-name for a Highlander, from his bare legs.
_Colvil._
RED-WARE, _s._ Sea-girdles, S.
_Neill._
RED-WARE COD, Asellus varius.
_Sibbald._
RED-WARE FISHICK, the whistle-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
RED WATER, The murrain in cattle, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
REE, _s._
1. Half drunk, S.
_R. Galloway._
2. Crazy, delirious, S.
Isl. _hreif-r_, elatus, ebrius.
REE, _s._ A small riddle, S. O.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ REED, REDE, _v. a._ To fear.
V. ~Rad~.