Chapter 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.
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