An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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E. _whirring_ is used as an _adj_. Su. G. _hurr-a_, murmurare, cum impetu circumagi.

~Quhirr~, _s._ The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S. _whurr_.

_To_ QUHISSEL, WISSIL, _v. a._

1. To exchange.

_Douglas._

2. To change; used as to money, S. B.

_Acts Ja. V._

Belg. _wissel-en_, Germ. _wechsel-n_, Su. G. _waexl-a_, id.

~Quhissel~, ~Whissle~, ~Wissel~, _s._ Change given for money, S. B.

_Burns._

Belg. _wissel_, Germ. _weschell_, id.

~Quhysselar~, _s._

1. A changer of money.

2. A person employed privately to raise the price of goods sold by auction.

Teut. _wisseler_, id.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ QUHYTE, WHEAT, _v. a._ To cut with a knife; usually applied to wood, S.

A. S. _thwit-an_, _thweot-an_, id.

QUHYTE, _adj._ Hypocritical, dissembling.

_Douglas._

_White_ used metaph. like _fair_, specious.

QUHITE MONEY, _silver_.

_Acts Ja. V._

Su. G. _hwita penningar_, silver money.

QUHITHER, _s._ A slight illness.

V. ~Quhidder~.

QUHYTYSS, _s. pl._

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _heutte_, a hat worn by military men; L. B. _huveti_, vestis species, viewed as a sort of mantle.

QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, _s._ The weasel, S.; _whitrack_, Moray.

_Sibbald._

Isl. _hwatur_, Su. G. _hwat_, quick, fleet; C. B. _chwidrad_, unsteady motion; _chwid-rawg_, full of giddiness.

QUHITSTANE, _s._ A whetstone.

_Doug._

Teut. _wet-sten_, cos.

_To_ QUHITTER, QUITTER, _v. n._

1. To warble, to chatter, S.

_Douglas._

2. Applied to the quick motion of the tongue.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _qwittr-a_, Belg. _quetter-n_, garrire instar avium.

QUHOYNE, _adj._ Few.

V. ~Quheyne~.

_To_ QUHOMMEL, _v. a._

V. ~Quhemle~.

QUHONNAR, _adj._ Fewer.

V. ~Quheyne~.

_Barbour._

QUHOW, _adv._ How.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_To_ QUHRYNE, _v. n._

1. To squeak.

_Montgomerie._

2. To murmur, to whine.

_Douglas._

A. S. _hrin-an_, Isl. _hrin-a_, ejulare, mugire.

~Quhryne~, _s._ A whining or growling sound.

_Douglas._

QUY, QUYACH, _s._

V. ~Quey~.

QUIBOW, _s._ A branch of a tree, S. B.

Ir. Gael. _caobh_, id.

QUICH, (gutt.) _s._ A small round-eared cap for a woman's head, worn under another, Ang.

Su. G. _hwif_; C. B. _penguwch_, id., from _pen_, head, and _cuwch_, the brows, or knitting of them.

QUICKEN, _s._ Couch-grass.

_Lightfoot._

Sw. _qwick-hwete_, _qwick-rot_, _qwicka_, id.

QUIERTY, _adj._ Lively.

V. ~Quert~.

QUIETIE, _s._ Privacy.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ QUIN, _v. a._ To con.

_Maitland P._

QUYNYIE, QUYNIE, QUEINGIE, _s._ A corner.

O. Fr. _coing_, id.

_Journal Lond._

QUINK, QUINCK, _s._ Golden-eyed duck, Orkn.

_Acts Marie._

Norw. _quink-e_, to pipe.

QUINTER, _s._ A ewe in her third year; q. _twinter_, her second year being completed.

_Gl. Sibb._

QUIRIE, _s._ The royal stud.

_Spotswood._

Fr. _ecurie_, id.

QUISQUOUS, _adj._ Nice, perplexing, S.

Lat. _quisquis_.

_Wodrow._

QUYTE, _part. pa._ Requited.

_Gawan and Gol._

_To_ QUITTER, _v. n._

V. ~Quhitter~.

_To_ QUYTCLEYME, _v. a._ To renounce all claim to.

_Wallace._

~Qwyt-cleme~, _s._ Renunciation.

_Wyntown._

QUOD, _pret. v._ Quoth, said, S.

Alem. _quad_, dixi.

_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.