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REPLOCH GRAY.

V. ~Rapplack~.

_To_ REPONE, _v. a._ To replace.

_Baillie._

Lat. _repon-o_.

_To_ REPOSE, _v. a._ Same with _Repone_.

_Baillie._

_To_ REPREME, _v. a._ To repress; Lat. _reprim-ere_.

_Complaynt S._

REPRISE, _s._ The indentation of stones in building, Fr.

_Pal. Hon._

RERIT, _pret. v._ Fell back.

_Wallace._

Fr. _riere_, back.

_To_ RESCOURS, _v. a._ To rescue.

O. Fr. _rescourr-er_, id.

_Bellenden._

~Rescours~, _s._ Rescue.

_Wyntown._

_To_ RESETT, _v. a._

1. To harbour, S.

_Ruddiman._

2. To receive stolen goods.

_Stat. Alex._

~Reset~, ~Resett~, _s._

1. Abode.

_Wyntown._

2. The act of harbouring.

_Wallace._

3. One who harbours another.

_Id._

4. One who keeps an inn.

_Acts Ja. I._

5. The reception of goods known to be stolen, a law-term, S.

_Erskine._

6. The receiver of stolen goods.

_Rudd._

Fr. _recette_, receiving; O. Fr. _recept_, retreat.

~Resetter~, _s._

1. He who entertains.

_Ruddiman._

2. Receiver of stolen goods.

_Erskine._

RESH, _s._ A rush.

_Sir Egeir._

_To_ RESILE, _v. n._

1. To flinch, S.

_Wodrow._

2. To resist, in reasoning.

_Cleland._

Fr. _resil-er_, id.

RESING, _adj._ Perhaps foolish.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _ries-en_, temere agere.

RESP, RISP, _s._ A kind of coarse grass, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ RESP, RISP, _v. n._ To make a noise resembling that of a file, S.

_Douglas._

RESPONSALL, _adj._ Responsible.

_Acts Parl._

_To_ RESSOURSS, RESURSE, _v. n._ To rise again.

Fr. _resourd-re_.

_Wallace._

RESSUM, _s._ A small fragment, S. B.

Fr. _resson_, gouté.

_To_ REST, _v. n._ To be indebted, S.

Fr. _en rest_, in arrears.

_Acts Sed._

~Restes~, _s. pl._ Arrears, Fr.

_Acts Mar._

REST. _Auld rest_, perhaps old sprain.

_Watson._

_Wrest_, _rest_, S.

A. S. _wraestan_, to distort.

_To_ RESTYN, _v. a._ To refresh.

_Doug._

RESTING-CHAIR, a long chair shaped like a settee, used in farm-houses, Ang. Perths.

_To_ RETENT, _v. a._ To cause to resound.

Fr. _retent-ir_, to resound.

_Hudson._

RETH, _adj._ Fierce.

A. S. _rethe_.

_Wallace._

~Rethnas~, _s._ Ferocity.

_Houlate._

A. S. _rethnes_, id.

_To_ RETOUR, RETOWRE, _v. a._

1. To make a return in writing, as to the service of an heir, S.

_Skene._

2. To make a legal return as to the value of lands, S.

_Baillie._

3. _v. n._ To return.

_Wyntown._

~Retour~, ~Retoure~, _s._

1. Return.

_Doug._

2. The legal return made to a brief, emitted from Chancery.

_Skene._

3. That made as to the value of lands, S.

_Baillie._

O. Fr. _retour_ is used in a sense nearly allied.

_To_ RETREAT, _v. a._ To retract.

O. F. _retraitt-ier_, revoquer.

_Crosraguel._

REVAY, _s._ Festivity.

_Gawan and Gol._

O. Fr. _reviaus_, fêtes, divertissements.

REVE, _s._ A colour between yellow and grey; Lat. _rav-us_.

_Sir Gawan._

REUER, RYVIR, _s._

V. ~Reyffar~.

REUERÉ, REURY, _s._ Robbery.

_Wallace._

REVERENCE, _s._ Power, S.

_Rutherford._

REUERY, _s._

1. Uproar.

_Douglas._

2. The crackling noise made by flames.

Fr. _resverie_, raving.

_Douglas._

REVERS. _At the revers_, at random; Fr. _au revers_, cross.

_Evergreen._

_To_ REVERSE, REUERSE, _v. a._ To strike from behind; Fr. _revers_, a stroke of this kind.

_Barbour._

_To_ REVERT, _v. n._

1. To revive.

_Palice Honour._

2. To recover from a swoon, S. B.

O. Fr. _revert-ir_, id.

_To_ REUEST, REWESS, RAWESS, _v. a._

1. To clothe.

_Douglas._

2. To clothe anew.

_Douglas._

Fr. _revest-ir_, id.

~Revestré~, _s._ A vestry.

_Douglas._

Fr. _revestiare_, id.

REUK, _s._ Atmosphere.

V. ~Rak~.

_Barbour._

REURY, _s._ Robbery.

V. ~Reueré~.

_To_ REW, _v. n._

1. To repent, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. _v. a._ To have compassion for.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hreow-ian_, poenitere; lugere.

~Rew~, _s._ Repentance.

_Maitland Poems._

A. S. _hreowe_, poenitentita.

~Reuth~, ~Rewth~, _s._

1. Cause for repentance.

_King Hart._

2. Pity, or cause of pity.

_Bellenden._

REW, _s._

1. A row.

_Palice Honour._

2. A street; S. _raw_; Fr. _rue_.

_Doug._

REWAR, _s._ A robber.

_Wallace._

REWELYNYS, ROWLYNGIS, RILLINGS, _s. pl._ Shoes made of undressed hides, with the hair on them; S. _rullions_.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _rifling_, obstrigillus.

REWELL, _adj._ Haughty; O. Fr. _revelé_, fier, hautain.

REWELLYT, _pret. v._ Revealed.

_Wallace._

REWERS, _3. pl. s._ Stops; O. Fr. _ravoir-er_, to stop, to arrest.

_Wallace._

_To_ REWESS, _v. a._

V. ~Reuest~.

REWID, _pret. v._ Reaved.

_Barbour._

_To_ REWM, _v. n._ To roar.

V. ~Rame~.

O. Fr. _ruim-er_, id.

_Wallace._

~Rewmour~, _s._ Tumult.

_Wallace._

Germ. _rumor_, id.

REWME, _s._ Realm; O. Fr. _reaume_.

_Wyntown._

RHIND MART, RYNMART, a carcase from the herd.

_Russel._

Teut. Isl. _rind_, bos.

RIACH, _adj._ Dun, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

Gael. id. brindled.

RIAL, RIALLE, _adj._ Royal.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ RIB, _v. a._ To rib land, to give it half plowing, S.

Belg. _gerib_, ridged.

~Ribbing~, _s._ A slight plowing.

_Stat. Acc._

RIBBALDAILL, RYBBALDY, _s._ Low dissipation.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _ribauderie_, libertinage, conduite de bandits.

RIBBAND. _St Johnston's ribband_, a halter, S.

_Muse's Threnodie._

RYBEES, _s. pl._ Shoes called Turn-overs.

_Sir Gawan._

O. Fr. _ribé_, trepointe de soulier.

RIBBLIE-RABBLIE, _adj._ Disordered, Loth.

Teut. _rabbel-en_, praecipitare verba.

RIBUS, _s._ A musical instrument.

_Houlate._

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