Chapter 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.