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

Part 42

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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~.

_Ross._

~Reed~, _conj._ Lest, S. B.

_Ross._

REEFORT, RYFART, _s._ A radish, S.

Fr. _raifort_, strong radish.

_Ritson._

REEFU', _adj._ Rueful, S. B.

_Ross._

REEGH, _s._ A harbour, Loth.

_To_ REEK, _v. a._

V. ~Reik out~.

REEK HEN, perhaps a hen fed in the house.

_Stat. Acc._

REEKIM, _s._ A smart stroke, Fife.

REEL, REILL, _s._

1. Violent or disorderly motion, S.

_Guthrie._

2. A particular kind of dance, S.

_Rudd._

3. Bustle, hurry.

_Diallog._

4. A loud sharp noise, S.

Isl. _ryl-a_, to be blended; Su. G. _ragl-a_, to stagger.

REEL-RALL, _adv._ Topsy-turvy, S.

REEL-TREE, _s._ The piece of wood to which the top of a stake is fixed, in an ox's stall, Fife. _Revel-tree_, Border.

_To_ REESE, _v. a._ To extol.

V. ~Ruse~.

_Ramsay._

REESIN, _adj. A reesin fire_, one that burns well, S.

Teut. _raes-en_, to burn.

REESK, _s._

1. Coarse grass that grows on downs, Fife.

A. S. _risc_, a rush.

_Stat. Acc._

2. Waste land, yielding only benty grasses, Aberd.

3. A marshy place, Ang.

V. ~Reyss~.

_To_ REEVE, _v. n._

1. To talk with great vivacity, S.

Teut. _rev-en_, delirare.

2. _A reevin wind_, a high wind, S.

REEVE, _s._ A pen for cattle, Aberd.

V. ~Rae~.

_Law Case._

REEZIE, _adj._ Tipsy, S. A.

V. ~Ree~.

_J. Nicol._

_To_ REFE, _v. a._ To rob.

V. ~Reif~.

REFECKIT, _part. pa._ Repaired.

O. Fr. _refaict_, id.

_Wallace._

REFEIR, _To the refeir_, _adv._ In proportion, S.

O. Fr. _raffiert_, convient.

REFF, _s._ Spoil.

V. ~Reif~.

REFUT, _s._ Shift, expedient.

_Wallace._

Fr. _refuite_, evasion, avoidance.

REGENT, _s._ A professor in an university, S.

_Stat. Acc._

L. B. _regens_, Fr. _regent_, id.

_To_ REHABLE, REABILL, _v. a._ To reinstate; a law term.

_Skene._

REHATOURE, _s._ Uncertain.

_Douglas._

_To_ REHETE, _v. a._ To revive, to cheer;

Fr. _rehait-er_.

_Gawan and Gol._

REID, REDE, _s._ The fourth stomach of a calf, used for runnet, S.

_Monro._

Teut. _roode_, id. a _rubedine_ dictus.

REID ETIN.

V. ~Eyttyn~.

_To_ REID, _v. n._ To discourse.

V. ~Rede~, _v._

REID, _adj._ Red, S. B.

_Barbour._

~Reid hand~, a legal phrase, denoting that one is taken in the act of committing a crime, or immediately after.

_Quon. Att._

~Reid fische~, Fish in a spawning state, S.

V. ~Red spawn~.

_Acts Ja. I._

REIDSETT, _adj._ Placed in order.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _ge-rad sett-en_, in ordine ponere.

REID-WOD, RED WOD, _adj._

1. In a violent rage, S.

_Montgomerie._

2. Furious, distracted.

_Hamilton._

Isl. _reid-ur_, iratus; _reide_, ira.

REIF, REFE, _s._

1. An eruption on the skin, S.

2. The itch is, _by way of eminence_, called _the reif_, S.

A. S. _hreof_, scabies.

_To_ REIFE, REYFF, _v. a._ To rob.

_Wallace._

A. S. _reaf-ian_, Isl. _hreif-a_, id.

~Reif~, ~Reiff~, ~Reff~, _s._

1. Robbery.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. Spoil, plunder.

_Barbour._

A. S. _reaf_, Isl. _rif_, rapina.

~Reyffar~, ~Reaver~, ~Reuer~, _s._ A robber.

_Wallace._

A. S. _reafere_, Su. G. _roefware_, id.

To REIK, _v. a._ To reach, S.

_Douglas._

Belg. _reyck-en_, A. S. _recc-an_, id.

_To_ REIK _out_, _v. a._

1. To fit out, S.; also _reek foorth_.

_R. Bruce._

2. To dress, to accoutre.

E. _rig_; Sw. _rikt-a_, Moes. G. _riht-an_, instruere.

_To_ REIK, _v. n._ To smoke, S.

A. S. _rec-an_, Sw. _roek-a_, id.

~Reik~, ~Reek~, _s._

1. Smoke, S.

_Compl. S._

2. A disturbance, a tumult.

_Lyndsay._

_A reik in the house_, S. id.

_Kelly._

A. S. _rec_, Isl. _reikr_, id.

~Reikie~, _adj._

1. Smoky, S.

2. Vain, empty.

_Z. Boyd._

_To_ REYKE, _v. n._ To range.

V. ~Raik~.

REIK, _s._ A blow, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ REILE, RELE, _v. n._ To roll.

Isl. _rill-a_, volutare.

_Douglas._

REILING, _s._

1. Bustle.

_Peblis Play._

2. A loud clattering noise, S.

V. ~Reel-rall~.

REIME, _s._ Realm.

_Gawan and Gol._

REIMIS, REEMISH, _s._ Rumble.

Isl. _rym-ia_, to bellow or roar.

_Ross._

_To_ REIOSE, _v. a._ To possess.

_Bellenden._

REIRBRASSERIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the back of the arms.

_Acts Ja. I._

Fr. _arriere_, behind, and _brassart_, a defence for the arm.

_To_ REIRD, RERDE, _v. n._

1. To make a loud noise.

_Douglas._

2. To break wind, S.

3. To make a crashing noise.

_Douglas._

A. S. _rar-ian_, Teut. _reer-en_, fremere.

~Reird~, ~Rerde~, s.

1. Noise, shouting.

_Douglas._

2. The act of breaking wind, S.

3. A falsehood, a gasconade, S. B.

REIRDIT, _part. pa._ Reared.

_Gawan and Gol._

REYSS, _s. pl._ Coarse grass in marshy ground, or on the sea-shore.

V. ~Reesk~.

_Wallace._

_To_ REISSIL, _v. n._ To make a loud clattering noise, S.

Teut. _ryssel-en_, A. S. _hristl-an_, crepere.

_To_ ~Reissil~, ~Rissle~, _v. a._ To beat soundly.

Su. G. _ris-a_, virgis caedere.

_Rudd._

~Reissil~, _s._

1. A loud clattering noise, S.

2. A blow, a stroke, S.

_To_ REIST, _v. a._ To dry by the heat of the sun, or in a chimney, S.

_Dunbar._

Dan. _rist-er_, to broil or toast.

_To_ REIST, _v. n._

1. To wait for another.

Lat. _rest-are_, id.

_Douglas._

2. To become restive, S.

_Burns._

3. Applied to the drying up of a well.

_Pop. Ball._

REIST, _s._ Rest.

_Douglas._

REIST, REYST, _s._

1. The socket in which the bolt of a door _rests_.

_Douglas._

2. The hinge of a door.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. The support of a warlike instrument.

_Wallace._

_To_ RELE, _v. n._ To roll.

V. ~Reile~.

_To_ RELEISCH, _v. n_. To go at large.

Fr. _relasch-er_, to enlarge.

_Douglas._

_To_ RELEVE, _v. n._ To raise, to exalt;

Fr. _relev-er_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ RELEVE, _v. n._ To resemble.

Fr. _relev-er_, colligere.

_Wallace._

_To_ RELY, _v. a._ To rally.

_Barbour._

_To_ REME, _v. n._ To foam.

V. ~Ream~.

_To_ REMEID, _v. a._ To remedy.

_Baillie._

REMEMBRIE, _s._ Remembrance.

_Burel._

_To_ REMENT, _v. a._ To remember.

_Burel._

Fr. _ramentevoir_, id.

REMYLLIS, _s. pl._ Blows.

_Houlate._

Teut. _rammel-en_, Su. G. _raml-a_, tumultuari.

_To_ REMORD, _v. a._

1. To have remorse for; Fr. _remord-re_.

_Wallace._

2. To disburden the conscience.

_Wallace._

RENDAL, RENNAL, RENNET, RUN-DALE, _s._ A division of land, equivalent to _run-rig_, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _ren_, palus limitaneus, and _del_, a division.

_To_ RENDER, _v. a._ To beat butter, Ayrs.

V. ~Rind~.

_To_ RENG, RING, _v. n._ To reign.

_Doug._

_To_ RENYE, _v. a._ To rein.

_Complaynt S._

~Renye~, _s._ A rein; Fr. _resne_.

_Douglas._

RENYIT, _part. pa._ Forsworn.

_Barbour._

Fr. _renié_, id.

RENK, RYNK, RINK, _s._

1. A course, a race; also _reik_, Gl. Shirr.

_Douglas._

2. The act of running.

_Bellenden._

3. The course of a river.

_Douglas._

4. Station allotted to each party at the commencement of a tournament.

_Wynt._

5. A distinct encounter in a tournament.

_Bellenden._

6. The course in the diversion of curling, S. A.

A. S. _hrincg_, a ring.

_Davidson._

RENK, _s._ A strong man.

V. ~Rink~.

_Gawan and Gol._

RENOMMÉ, _s._ Renown, Fr.

_Barbour._

RENTAL, _s._ A favourable lease, S.

_Erskine._

REPAIR, _s._ Concourse, S.

_Priests Peb._

_To_ REPAYRE, _v. n._ To return; O. Fr. _repair-er_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ REPARELL, _v. a._ To refit; Fr. _repareill-er_.

_Douglas._

_To_ REPATER, _v. n._ To feed; Fr. _repaitre_.

_Douglas._

REPENDE, _part. adj._ Dispersed; Fr. _repand-u_.

_Wallace._

_To_ REPLEDGE, REPLEGE, _v. a._ To replevin; a forensic term.

_Bellenden._

L. B. _repleg-iare_, to redeem on _pledge_.

_To_ REPLEID, _v. a._ To resist.

_Priests Peblis._

L. B. _replaud-are_, repulsare.

REPLOCH GRAY.

V. ~Rapplack~.

_To_ REPONE, _v. a._ To replace.

_Baillie._

Lat. _repon-o_.

_To_ REPOSE, _v. a._ Same with _Repone_.

_Baillie._

_To_ REPREME, _v. a._ To repress; Lat. _reprim-ere_.

_Complaynt S._

REPRISE, _s._ The indentation of stones in building, Fr.

_Pal. Hon._

RERIT, _pret. v._ Fell back.

_Wallace._

Fr. _riere_, back.

_To_ RESCOURS, _v. a._ To rescue.

O. Fr. _rescourr-er_, id.

_Bellenden._

~Rescours~, _s._ Rescue.

_Wyntown._

_To_ RESETT, _v. a._

1. To harbour, S.

_Ruddiman._

2. To receive stolen goods.

_Stat. Alex._

~Reset~, ~Resett~, _s._

1. Abode.

_Wyntown._

2. The act of harbouring.

_Wallace._

3. One who harbours another.

_Id._

4. One who keeps an inn.

_Acts Ja. I._

5. The reception of goods known to be stolen, a law-term, S.

_Erskine._

6. The receiver of stolen goods.

_Rudd._

Fr. _recette_, receiving; O. Fr. _recept_, retreat.

~Resetter~, _s._

1. He who entertains.

_Ruddiman._

2. Receiver of stolen goods.

_Erskine._

RESH, _s._ A rush.

_Sir Egeir._

_To_ RESILE, _v. n._

1. To flinch, S.

_Wodrow._

2. To resist, in reasoning.

_Cleland._

Fr. _resil-er_, id.

RESING, _adj._ Perhaps foolish.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _ries-en_, temere agere.

RESP, RISP, _s._ A kind of coarse grass, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ RESP, RISP, _v. n._ To make a noise resembling that of a file, S.

_Douglas._

RESPONSALL, _adj._ Responsible.

_Acts Parl._

_To_ RESSOURSS, RESURSE, _v. n._ To rise again.

Fr. _resourd-re_.

_Wallace._

RESSUM, _s._ A small fragment, S. B.

Fr. _resson_, gouté.

_To_ REST, _v. n._ To be indebted, S.

Fr. _en rest_, in arrears.

_Acts Sed._

~Restes~, _s. pl._ Arrears, Fr.

_Acts Mar._

REST. _Auld rest_, perhaps old sprain.

_Watson._

_Wrest_, _rest_, S.

A. S. _wraestan_, to distort.

_To_ RESTYN, _v. a._ To refresh.

_Doug._

RESTING-CHAIR, a long chair shaped like a settee, used in farm-houses, Ang. Perths.

_To_ RETENT, _v. a._ To cause to resound.

Fr. _retent-ir_, to resound.

_Hudson._

RETH, _adj._ Fierce.

A. S. _rethe_.

_Wallace._

~Rethnas~, _s._ Ferocity.

_Houlate._

A. S. _rethnes_, id.

_To_ RETOUR, RETOWRE, _v. a._

1. To make a return in writing, as to the service of an heir, S.

_Skene._

2. To make a legal return as to the value of lands, S.

_Baillie._

3. _v. n._ To return.

_Wyntown._

~Retour~, ~Retoure~, _s._

1. Return.

_Doug._

2. The legal return made to a brief, emitted from Chancery.

_Skene._

3. That made as to the value of lands, S.

_Baillie._

O. Fr. _retour_ is used in a sense nearly allied.

_To_ RETREAT, _v. a._ To retract.

O. F. _retraitt-ier_, revoquer.

_Crosraguel._

REVAY, _s._ Festivity.

_Gawan and Gol._

O. Fr. _reviaus_, fêtes, divertissements.

REVE, _s._ A colour between yellow and grey; Lat. _rav-us_.

_Sir Gawan._

REUER, RYVIR, _s._

V. ~Reyffar~.

REUERÉ, REURY, _s._ Robbery.

_Wallace._

REVERENCE, _s._ Power, S.

_Rutherford._

REUERY, _s._

1. Uproar.

_Douglas._

2. The crackling noise made by flames.

Fr. _resverie_, raving.

_Douglas._

REVERS. _At the revers_, at random; Fr. _au revers_, cross.

_Evergreen._

_To_ REVERSE, REUERSE, _v. a._ To strike from behind; Fr. _revers_, a stroke of this kind.

_Barbour._

_To_ REVERT, _v. n._

1. To revive.

_Palice Honour._

2. To recover from a swoon, S. B.

O. Fr. _revert-ir_, id.

_To_ REUEST, REWESS, RAWESS, _v. a._

1. To clothe.

_Douglas._

2. To clothe anew.

_Douglas._

Fr. _revest-ir_, id.

~Revestré~, _s._ A vestry.

_Douglas._

Fr. _revestiare_, id.

REUK, _s._ Atmosphere.

V. ~Rak~.

_Barbour._

REURY, _s._ Robbery.

V. ~Reueré~.

_To_ REW, _v. n._

1. To repent, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. _v. a._ To have compassion for.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hreow-ian_, poenitere; lugere.

~Rew~, _s._ Repentance.

_Maitland Poems._

A. S. _hreowe_, poenitentita.

~Reuth~, ~Rewth~, _s._

1. Cause for repentance.

_King Hart._

2. Pity, or cause of pity.

_Bellenden._

REW, _s._

1. A row.

_Palice Honour._

2. A street; S. _raw_; Fr. _rue_.

_Doug._

REWAR, _s._ A robber.

_Wallace._

REWELYNYS, ROWLYNGIS, RILLINGS, _s. pl._ Shoes made of undressed hides, with the hair on them; S. _rullions_.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _rifling_, obstrigillus.

REWELL, _adj._ Haughty; O. Fr. _revelé_, fier, hautain.

REWELLYT, _pret. v._ Revealed.

_Wallace._

REWERS, _3. pl. s._ Stops; O. Fr. _ravoir-er_, to stop, to arrest.

_Wallace._

_To_ REWESS, _v. a._

V. ~Reuest~.

REWID, _pret. v._ Reaved.

_Barbour._

_To_ REWM, _v. n._ To roar.

V. ~Rame~.

O. Fr. _ruim-er_, id.

_Wallace._

~Rewmour~, _s._ Tumult.

_Wallace._

Germ. _rumor_, id.

REWME, _s._ Realm; O. Fr. _reaume_.

_Wyntown._

RHIND MART, RYNMART, a carcase from the herd.

_Russel._

Teut. Isl. _rind_, bos.

RIACH, _adj._ Dun, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

Gael. id. brindled.

RIAL, RIALLE, _adj._ Royal.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ RIB, _v. a._ To rib land, to give it half plowing, S.

Belg. _gerib_, ridged.

~Ribbing~, _s._ A slight plowing.

_Stat. Acc._

RIBBALDAILL, RYBBALDY, _s._ Low dissipation.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _ribauderie_, libertinage, conduite de bandits.

RIBBAND. _St Johnston's ribband_, a halter, S.

_Muse's Threnodie._

RYBEES, _s. pl._ Shoes called Turn-overs.

_Sir Gawan._

O. Fr. _ribé_, trepointe de soulier.

RIBBLIE-RABBLIE, _adj._ Disordered, Loth.

Teut. _rabbel-en_, praecipitare verba.

RIBUS, _s._ A musical instrument.

_Houlate._

C. B. _ribib_ is expl. a reed-pipe, a hautboy.

RICE, _s._ A twig.

V. ~Ryss~.

_To_ RICH, _v. a._ To enrich.

_Wyntown._

_To_ ~Rich~, _v. n._ To become rich.

_Kelly._

RICHT, _adj._

1. In health, S. Germ.

2. In the exercise of reason, S.

_Fountainhall._

_To_ ~Richt~, _v. a._ To put to rights; often to mend, S.

Franc. _rihtente_, rectificantes.

RICHT NOW, _adv._ Just now.

_Barbour._

A. S. _nu rihte_, jam, nunc.

~Rychtswa~, _adv._ In the same manner.

_Acts Ja. II._

RICHTS. _At rights_, straight.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _raett waeg_, via recta.

RICHTWYS, _adj._

1. Righteous.

_Wynt._

2. Legitimate, not spurious.

_Wallace._

A. S. _rihtwis_, Isl. _rettvis_, id.

RICK, _s._ L. _relik_, relic.

_Lyndsay._

RICKLE, RICKILL, _s._

1. A heap, S.

_Philotus._

2. _A rickle of banes_, a very meagre person, S.

A. S. _ricg_, a heap; Su. G. _ben-rangel_, a skeleton.

_To_ ~Rickle~, _v. a._ To put into a heap, S.

_Statist. Acc._

RID, RIDE, _adj._ Severe.

_Barbour._

A. S. _reth_, ferox, saevus.

RIDE, _adj._ Rough.

V. ~Roid~.

_To_ RIDE, _v. a._ In curling, to drive a stone with such force, as to carry before it another, which is nearest the mark, or blocks up the way, S.

RIDE, _s._ The act of sailing, S.

Isl. _redskap_, carriage on shipboard.

_To_ RIFE, RIFFE, _v. n._ To rive.

Su. G. _rifw-a_, id.

_Douglas._

RIFF-RAFF, _s._ The rabble, S.

Dan. _ripsraps_, id., faex hominum.

RYFART, _s._

V. ~Reefort~.

RIFT, L. _rist_, a musical instrument.

_Houlate._

_To_ RIFT, _v. n._ To belch, S.

_Ramsay._

Dan. _raev-er_, eructare; _raeven_, eructatio.

~Rift~, _s._ An eructation, S.

_Ferguson._

RIG, _s._ A tumult; also, a frolic, Loth.

V. ~Reake~.

RIG, RIGG, _s._

1. The back of an animal, S.

_Douglas._

2. A ridge, S.

_Douglas._

3. _Rig and Fur_, ribbed stockings, S.

A. S. _hricg_, Isl. _hrigg-r_, Su. G. _rygg_, id.

~Ryg-bayne~, _s._ The back-bane, S.

_Wallace._

A. S. _hricgban_, Dan. _rigbeen_, id.

~Rigging~, ~Riggin~, _s._

1. The back, S.

_Doug._

2. The ridge of a house, S.

_Ross._

~Riggin-tree~, _s._ The roof-tree, S.

Sw. _tak-ryggen_, the ridge of a house; A. S. _hricg_, fastigium.

RIGLAN, RIGLAND, _s._ An animal half castrated, S.

_Pop. Ball._

RIG-MARIE, _s._ A base coin, Loth. Dumfr.

_Watson._

From the words _Reg. Maria_, on one of the billon coins of Queen Mary.

RIGWIDDIE, _s._ The rope or chain that crosses the _back_ of a horse when yoked in a cart, S.

_Rig_, back, and _widdie_, a twig.

RYK, RYKE, _adj._

1. Potent.

_Wyntown._

2. Rich.

_Wallace._

Moes. G. _reiks_, A. S. _rica_, princeps.

RIK, RYKE, _s._ A kingdom.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _reiki_, A. S. _ryce_, regnum.

RILLING, _s._

V. ~Rewelynys~.

RIM, _s._ A rocky bottom in the sea, Orkn.

Isl. _rimi_, colliculus.

_Statist. Acc._

RIMBURSIN, _s._ A rupture in an animal, in consequence of which the belly sometimes bursts, Bord.

_Roull._

From _rim_ (of the belly), and _burst_.

_To_ RIN, _v. n._

1. To run, S.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _rinn-an_, Su. G. Isl. _rinn-a_.

2. To become curdled, S.

Su. G. _raenn-a_, _renn-a_, coagulare.

3. _To rin in_ one's head, to intoxicate, S.

~Rin~, _s._

1. A run, S.

_Ross._

2. _A rin of water_, a waterfall; also, a stream, S.

Germ. _rinne_, fluvius.

~Rinnin darn~, a disease in cows, in which they are severely affected with a flux, S. B. _Darn_, secret.

~Rin-waw~, _s._ A partition, S.

_To_ RIND, RYNDE, _v. a._ To dissolve any fat substance by the heat of the fire, S.; also, _render_.

_Acts Ja. V._

Isl. _rind-a_, pellere, because _beaten_; or _raenn-a_, _rinde_, liquefacere.

_To_ RYND, _v. n._

1. To pertain.

_Crosraguel._

2. To tend.

_Acts Marie._

Su. G. _rind-a_, tangere.

RYNN, _s._ Territory.

_Gawan and Gol._

Teut. _reyn_, limes, confinium.

_To_ RING, _v. a._ To reign, S.

_Douglas._

~Ring~, _s._

1. Kingdom.

_Pal. Hon._

2. It also signifies reign, S.

_Lyndsay._

RING, _s._ The meal which fills the crevices in the circle round the millstones, Loth.

_Law Case._

To ~Ring~ _the mill_, to fill these with the first grain that is ground, after the stones are picked, S.

RING, _s._ A race.

V. ~Renk~.

_Rutherford._

RING, _s._ A circular fort, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _ring_, the place where public conventions were held.

To ~Ride at the ring~, to strive, at full gallop, to carry off, on the point of a rod, a ring suspended on a cross-beam resting on two upright posts, S.

Su. G. _rida till rings_, hastiludium exercere.

RING DANCIS, circular dances, in which the parties frequently join hands, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _ringh-dans_, orbis saltatorius.

RING-SANGIS, tunes adapted to _ring dances_.

_Douglas._

RINGALD, _s._ Crowd.

V. ~Rangald~.

RINGE, _s._ A whisk made of heath, S. corr. from E. _rinse_.

~Ringe-heather~, _s._ Cross-leaved heath, S. B.

RINGIT-QUOY.

V. ~Quoy~.

RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, _adj._ Having a great proportion of white in the eye, S.

_Ruddiman._

From _ring_; or Teut. _ringel-en_, annulo circumdare.

RINK, RYNK, _s._ A strong man.

_Chr. Kirk._

A. S. _rinc_, vir strenuus, miles.

RINK, _s._ A course.

V. ~Renk~.

To ~Rink~, _v. n._ To scamper about, S. B.

V. ~Renk~.

_Ruddiman._

~Rinker~, ~Rinketer~, _s._ A tall, thin, long-legged horse, S.; q. _race-horse_.

~Rinkroume~, _s._ Place of tournay.

_Lyndsay_.

RINO, _s._ Ready money, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

RINS, RINNES, RHYNS, _s. pl._ A tract of country on the coast of Galloway, which runs out into the sea.

_Stat. Acc._

Gael. _rinn_, a point, C. B. _rhyn_, id. a cape.

RIOLYSE, _s. pl._ Nobles; q. Lat. _regales_.

_Gawan and Gol._

RIOT, _s._ Noise.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _riot_, _riote_, bruit, tapage.

_To_ RYOT, _v. a._ To ravage.

_Barbour._

Isl. _riod-a_, Teut. _ruyt-en_, vastare.

RYOT, _s._ Contest.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _riote_, combat.

RIP, RIPP, REIP, _s._ A handful of corn not thrashed, S.

_Burns._

A. S. _ripe_, id.

RIP, _s._ An ozier basket, Ang.

Isl. _hrip_, id. formio.

RIP, _s._

1. Any thing base or useless, S.

2. A cheat, S.

Isl. _ref-iaz_, fidem fallere.

_To_ RIPE, RYPE, _v. a._

1. To search, S.

_Knox._

2. To probe.

_Douglas._

3. To investigate; respecting the mind.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

4. To poke, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _hrypan_, dissuere.

RIPPET, RIPPAT, _s._

1. The noise of great mirth, S.

_Douglas._

2. Uproar in a bad sense, S.

_Lyndsay._

Isl. _hrip-a_, tumultuarie agere.

RIPPIE, _s._ A pock-net fixed to a hoop for catching crabs, Mearns.

V. ~Rip~, a basket.

Isl. _hrip_.

_To_ RIPPLE, _v. a._ To separate the seed of flax from the stalks, S.

_Ross._

Teut. _rep-en_, stringere semen lini. Germ. _riffel-n_, to hatchell flax.

~Ripplin-caimb~, _s._ A flax-comb, S.

_Kelly._

_To_ RIPPLE, _v. n._ To drizzle, S.

Isl. _hrafl_ in _sniohrafl_, nix recens et rara.

RIPPLES, RIPPLIS, _s. pl._

1. A weakness in the back and reins, S.

_Roull._

Fr. _ribauld_, rabauld, rei venereae intentus ut enervetur.

2. The King's evil, improperly, Bord.

_Gl. Complaynt._

RISE, _s._ A coarse kind of grass.

V. ~Reyss~.

_Douglas._

RISE, RYS, RICE, RYSS, _s._

1. A small twig, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. In _pl._ brushwood, S.

_Dunbar._

~Stake and rice~,

1. Stakes driven into the earth, and thin boughs nailed across, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. A partition-wall in a cottage, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _hrys_, Su. G. _ris_, virgultum.

_To_ RISK, _v. n._ To make a noise like the tearing of roots, S. O.

_Burns._

A. S. _hrisc-ian_, stridere, rispare.

_To_ RISP, _v. a._