Chapter C: B. ribib is expl. a reed-pipe, a hautboy

RICE, _s._ A twig.

V. ~Ryss~.

_To_ RICH, _v. a._ To enrich.

_Wyntown._

_To_ ~Rich~, _v. n._ To become rich.

_Kelly._

RICHT, _adj._

1. In health, S. Germ.

2. In the exercise of reason, S.

_Fountainhall._

_To_ ~Richt~, _v. a._ To put to rights; often to mend, S.

Franc. _rihtente_, rectificantes.

RICHT NOW, _adv._ Just now.

_Barbour._

A. S. _nu rihte_, jam, nunc.

~Rychtswa~, _adv._ In the same manner.

_Acts Ja. II._

RICHTS. _At rights_, straight.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _raett waeg_, via recta.

RICHTWYS, _adj._

1. Righteous.

_Wynt._

2. Legitimate, not spurious.

_Wallace._

A. S. _rihtwis_, Isl. _rettvis_, id.

RICK, _s._ L. _relik_, relic.

_Lyndsay._

RICKLE, RICKILL, _s._

1. A heap, S.

_Philotus._

2. _A rickle of banes_, a very meagre person, S.

A. S. _ricg_, a heap; Su. G. _ben-rangel_, a skeleton.

_To_ ~Rickle~, _v. a._ To put into a heap, S.

_Statist. Acc._

RID, RIDE, _adj._ Severe.

_Barbour._

A. S. _reth_, ferox, saevus.

RIDE, _adj._ Rough.

V. ~Roid~.

_To_ RIDE, _v. a._ In curling, to drive a stone with such force, as to carry before it another, which is nearest the mark, or blocks up the way, S.

RIDE, _s._ The act of sailing, S.

Isl. _redskap_, carriage on shipboard.

_To_ RIFE, RIFFE, _v. n._ To rive.

Su. G. _rifw-a_, id.

_Douglas._

RIFF-RAFF, _s._ The rabble, S.

Dan. _ripsraps_, id., faex hominum.

RYFART, _s._

V. ~Reefort~.

RIFT, L. _rist_, a musical instrument.

_Houlate._

_To_ RIFT, _v. n._ To belch, S.

_Ramsay._

Dan. _raev-er_, eructare; _raeven_, eructatio.

~Rift~, _s._ An eructation, S.

_Ferguson._

RIG, _s._ A tumult; also, a frolic, Loth.

V. ~Reake~.

RIG, RIGG, _s._

1. The back of an animal, S.

_Douglas._

2. A ridge, S.

_Douglas._

3. _Rig and Fur_, ribbed stockings, S.

A. S. _hricg_, Isl. _hrigg-r_, Su. G. _rygg_, id.

~Ryg-bayne~, _s._ The back-bane, S.

_Wallace._

A. S. _hricgban_, Dan. _rigbeen_, id.

~Rigging~, ~Riggin~, _s._

1. The back, S.

_Doug._

2. The ridge of a house, S.

_Ross._

~Riggin-tree~, _s._ The roof-tree, S.

Sw. _tak-ryggen_, the ridge of a house; A. S. _hricg_, fastigium.

RIGLAN, RIGLAND, _s._ An animal half castrated, S.

_Pop. Ball._

RIG-MARIE, _s._ A base coin, Loth. Dumfr.

_Watson._

From the words _Reg. Maria_, on one of the billon coins of Queen
Mary.

RIGWIDDIE, _s._ The rope or chain that crosses the _back_ of a horse when yoked in a cart, S.

_Rig_, back, and _widdie_, a twig.

RYK, RYKE, _adj._

1. Potent.

_Wyntown._

2. Rich.

_Wallace._

Moes. G. _reiks_, A. S. _rica_, princeps.

RIK, RYKE, _s._ A kingdom.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _reiki_, A. S. _ryce_, regnum.

RILLING, _s._

V. ~Rewelynys~.

RIM, _s._ A rocky bottom in the sea, Orkn.

Isl. _rimi_, colliculus.

_Statist. Acc._

RIMBURSIN, _s._ A rupture in an animal, in consequence of which the belly sometimes bursts, Bord.

_Roull._

From _rim_ (of the belly), and _burst_.

_To_ RIN, _v. n._

1. To run, S.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _rinn-an_, Su. G. Isl. _rinn-a_.

2. To become curdled, S.

Su. G. _raenn-a_, _renn-a_, coagulare.

3. _To rin in_ one's head, to intoxicate, S.

~Rin~, _s._

1. A run, S.

_Ross._

2. _A rin of water_, a waterfall; also, a stream, S.

Germ. _rinne_, fluvius.

~Rinnin darn~, a disease in cows, in which they are severely affected with a flux, S. B. _Darn_, secret.

~Rin-waw~, _s._ A partition, S.

_To_ RIND, RYNDE, _v. a._ To dissolve any fat substance by the heat of the fire, S.; also, _render_.

_Acts Ja. V._

Isl. _rind-a_, pellere, because _beaten_; or _raenn-a_, _rinde_,
liquefacere.

_To_ RYND, _v. n._

1. To pertain.

_Crosraguel._

2. To tend.

_Acts Marie._

Su. G. _rind-a_, tangere.

RYNN, _s._ Territory.

_Gawan and Gol._

Teut. _reyn_, limes, confinium.

_To_ RING, _v. a._ To reign, S.

_Douglas._

~Ring~, _s._

1. Kingdom.

_Pal. Hon._

2. It also signifies reign, S.

_Lyndsay._

RING, _s._ The meal which fills the crevices in the circle round the millstones, Loth.

_Law Case._

To ~Ring~ _the mill_, to fill these with the first grain that is ground, after the stones are picked, S.

RING, _s._ A race.

V. ~Renk~.

_Rutherford._

RING, _s._ A circular fort, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _ring_, the place where public conventions were held.

To ~Ride at the ring~, to strive, at full gallop, to carry off, on the point of a rod, a ring suspended on a cross-beam resting on two upright posts, S.

Su. G. _rida till rings_, hastiludium exercere.

RING DANCIS, circular dances, in which the parties frequently join hands, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _ringh-dans_, orbis saltatorius.

RING-SANGIS, tunes adapted to _ring dances_.

_Douglas._

RINGALD, _s._ Crowd.

V. ~Rangald~.

RINGE, _s._ A whisk made of heath, S. corr. from E. _rinse_.

~Ringe-heather~, _s._ Cross-leaved heath, S. B.

RINGIT-QUOY.

V. ~Quoy~.

RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, _adj._ Having a great proportion of white in the eye, S.

_Ruddiman._

From _ring_; or Teut. _ringel-en_, annulo circumdare.

RINK, RYNK, _s._ A strong man.

_Chr. Kirk._

A. S. _rinc_, vir strenuus, miles.

RINK, _s._ A course.

V. ~Renk~.

To ~Rink~, _v. n._ To scamper about, S. B.

V. ~Renk~.

_Ruddiman._

~Rinker~, ~Rinketer~, _s._ A tall, thin, long-legged horse, S.; q. _race-horse_.

~Rinkroume~, _s._ Place of tournay.

_Lyndsay_.

RINO, _s._ Ready money, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

RINS, RINNES, RHYNS, _s. pl._ A tract of country on the coast of Galloway, which runs out into the sea.

_Stat. Acc._

Gael. _rinn_, a point, C. B. _rhyn_, id. a cape.

RIOLYSE, _s. pl._ Nobles; q. Lat. _regales_.

_Gawan and Gol._

RIOT, _s._ Noise.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _riot_, _riote_, bruit, tapage.

_To_ RYOT, _v. a._ To ravage.

_Barbour._

Isl. _riod-a_, Teut. _ruyt-en_, vastare.

RYOT, _s._ Contest.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _riote_, combat.

RIP, RIPP, REIP, _s._ A handful of corn not thrashed, S.

_Burns._

A. S. _ripe_, id.

RIP, _s._ An ozier basket, Ang.

Isl. _hrip_, id. formio.

RIP, _s._

1. Any thing base or useless, S.

2. A cheat, S.

Isl. _ref-iaz_, fidem fallere.

_To_ RIPE, RYPE, _v. a._

1. To search, S.

_Knox._

2. To probe.

_Douglas._

3. To investigate; respecting the mind.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

4. To poke, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _hrypan_, dissuere.

RIPPET, RIPPAT, _s._

1. The noise of great mirth, S.

_Douglas._

2. Uproar in a bad sense, S.

_Lyndsay._

Isl. _hrip-a_, tumultuarie agere.

RIPPIE, _s._ A pock-net fixed to a hoop for catching crabs, Mearns.

V. ~Rip~, a basket.

Isl. _hrip_.

_To_ RIPPLE, _v. a._ To separate the seed of flax from the stalks, S.

_Ross._

Teut. _rep-en_, stringere semen lini. Germ. _riffel-n_, to hatchell
flax.

~Ripplin-caimb~, _s._ A flax-comb, S.

_Kelly._

_To_ RIPPLE, _v. n._ To drizzle, S.

Isl. _hrafl_ in _sniohrafl_, nix
recens et rara.

RIPPLES, RIPPLIS, _s. pl._

1. A weakness in the back and reins, S.

_Roull._

Fr. _ribauld_, rabauld, rei venereae intentus ut enervetur.

2. The King's evil, improperly, Bord.

_Gl. Complaynt._

RISE, _s._ A coarse kind of grass.

V. ~Reyss~.

_Douglas._

RISE, RYS, RICE, RYSS, _s._

1. A small twig, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. In _pl._ brushwood, S.

_Dunbar._

~Stake and rice~,

1. Stakes driven into the earth, and thin boughs nailed across, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. A partition-wall in a cottage, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _hrys_, Su. G. _ris_, virgultum.

_To_ RISK, _v. n._ To make a noise like the tearing of roots, S. O.

_Burns._

A. S. _hrisc-ian_, stridere, rispare.

_To_ RISP, _v. a._

1. To rub with a file, S. _rasp_, E.

2. To rub hard bodies together; as _to risp the teeth_, S.

~Risp~, _s._ Coarse grass that grows in marshy ground, S.; q. grass for _rasping_.

_Dunbar._

_To_ ~Risp~, _v. n._ Denoting the sound caused by the friction of hard bodies, S.

RITMASTER, _s._ A captain of horse.

_Wodrow._

Belg. _rit-meester_, Teut. _rid-meester_, magister equitum.

RITTOCH, _s._ The greater tern, Orkn.

_Barry._

RIVE, _s._ A rent or tear, S.

Isl. _ryf_.

RIVE, _s._ Shallows.

_Sir Tristrem._

Isl. _rif_, _reif_, brevia.

_To_ RYVE, _v. a._ To rob.

_Barbour._

~Ryuer~, _s._ A robber.

V. ~Reif~.

_Douglas._

_To_ RIZAR, _v. a._ To dry in the sun, S.

Fr. _ressoré_, dried by the sun.

~Rizar~, _s._ Drying by means of heat, S.

RIZARDS, RIZZER-BERRIES, _s. pl._ Currants, S.

_Brand._

ROBIN-HOOD, a sport, condemned in our old acts of Parliament; in which the predatory exploits of this celebrated outlaw and his companions were represented.

_Evergreen._

ROCH, ROCHE, ROTCHE, _s._ A rock; Fr. _roche_.

_Douglas._

ROCKAT, _s._ A surplice, E. _rochet_.

_Gl. Sibb._

Arm. _rocket_, Fr. _rochet_, an outer garment.

ROCKING, _s._ A friendly visit, in which neighbours meet, during the moon-light of winter or spring, and spend the evening, alternately in one another's houses. Ayrs.

_Burns._

Supposed to have had its name from females formerly bringing their
_rocks_ or distaffs with them.

ROCKLAY, ROKELY, _s._ A short cloak, S. Ang.

_Ritson._

Su. G. _rocklin_, a surplice.

RODDEN-FLOUK, ROAN-FLOOK, _s._ The turbot, S. B. _roan-fleuk_, Loth.

_Pinkerton._

RODDIKIN, _s._ The fourth stomach of a cow, or other ruminating animal, S.; the same with ~Reid~, q. v.

RODDING-TIME, the time of spawning.

V. ~Red~, ~Redd~, _s._

_Stat. Acc._

RODEN-TREE, _s._ The mountain-ash, S. B.

V. ~Roun-tree~.

~Rodens~, _s. pl._ The berries of the roan-tree, S. B.

ROEBUCK-BERRY, _s._ The stone-bramble berry, S.

_Stat. Acc._

ROY, _s._ King; Fr. _roi_.

_Wallace._

_To_ ROY, _v. n._ To rave.

_Dunbar._

ROID, ROYD, RIDE, _adj._

1. Rude, severe.

_Barbour._

2. Large.

_Wallace._

A. S. _reothe_, _rethe_, rough.

ROYET, ROYIT, _adj._

1. Wild.

_Doug._

2. Dissipated, S.

_Ferguson._

3. Romping, much given to sport, S.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _roid_, _roide_, fierce, ungovernable.

~Royetness~, _s._ Romping, S.

ROIF, ROVE, RUFF, _s._ Rest.

_Houlate._

Alem. _rauua_, Su. G. _ro_, Isl. _roi_, quies.

ROIK, _s._ A thick mist.

V. ~Rak~.

ROIK, _s._ A rock.

_Douglas._

_To_ ROIP, _v. a._ To sell by auction.

V. ~Roup~.

ROIS, ROISE, _s._ A rose.

_Douglas._

ROISS.

V. ~Roif~.

_Bannatyne P._

ROIST, _s._ A roost.

_Kennedy._

ROYSTER, _s._

1. A freebooter.

_Buchanan._