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_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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