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_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._

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