Chapter 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._