Chapter L: B. regens, Fr. regent, id
_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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