Chapter L: B. rubator, Ital. rubatore, latro

_To_ RUCK, _v. n._ To belch.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _roeck-en_, Lat. _ruct-are_.

RUCK, _s._ A heap of corn, S. B.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Isl. _hrauk_, Su. G. _roek_, cumulus.

RUCK-RILLING.

V. ~Rewelynys~.

RUD, _adj._ Red.

_Wallace._

A. S. _rude_, _reod_, Alem. _ruod_.

~Rude~, _s._

1. Redness.

_Douglas._

2. Those parts of the face, which in youth and health have a ruddy colour, S. B.

_Chr. Kirk._

A. S. _ruda_, rubor, vultus.

_To_ RUDDY, _v. n._ To make a loud reiterated noise, S. B.

Isl. _hrid_, a storm; force in general.

RUDE, _adj._ Strong, stout.

_Douglas._

RUDE, _s._ Spawn, Ayrs.

V. ~Redd~.

_Kennedy._

RUDE, RWD, _s._ The cross.

_Douglas._

A. S. Su. G. _rod_, Germ. _rode_.

~Rude-day~, _s._ The third day of May, S. B. called the Invention of the Cross.

RUDE-GOOSE.

V. ~Rood-goose~.

_To_ RUFE, _v. n._ To rest.

V. ~Roif~.

_Chron. S. P._

~Ruff~, _s._ Rest.

V. ~Roif~.

_To_ RUFF, _v. n._ To roll a drum, S.; also _ruffle_.

_Wodrow._

Germ. _ruff-er_, to cry.

2. To give a plaudit, S.

~Ruff~, s.

1. Roll of the drum, S.

_R. Galloway._

2. Beating with the feet, as expressive of applause.

~Ruffe~, _s._ Fame, celebrity.

_Godscroft._

RUFFIE, _s._ A ruffian, Ang.

_Lyndsay._

Su. G. _rof-wa_, to rob.

RUFFY, _s._

1. A wick clogged with tallow, Tweed.

_Stat. Acc._

2. The blaze used in fishing by night, with the lister, S. A.

Sw. _roe-lius_, a rush light.

RUFFILL, _s._ Loss, injury.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _ruyffel-en_, terere, verrere.

RUFLYT, _pret. v._ Annoyed.

_Barbour._

_To_ RUG, _v. a._

1. To pull hastily or roughly, S.

_Pop. Ball._

2. To tear, S.

_Douglas._

3. To spoil, to plunder.

Teut. _ruck-en_, Dan. _rag-er_, to pluck.

RUG, _s._

1. A rough or hasty pull, S.

2. A great bargain, S.

~Ruggair~, _s._ A depredator.

_Monroe._

RULLION, _s._

1. A shoe made of untanned leather.

V. ~Rewelynys~.

2. A coarse-made masculine woman, Fife.

RUM, _adj._ Excellent, Loth. Cant E.

RUMBLEGARIE, _adj._ Disorderly, S.

_Ramsay._

Qu. _ready_ (A. S. _gear-u_) to _rumble_.

RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMTION, _s._ Common sense, S.

_Beattie._

A. S. _rum_, _rum-well_, spatiosus, and _geom-ian_, curare.

_To_ RUMMIL, RUMLE, _v. n._ To make a noise, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _rommel-en_, strepere.

_To_ RUMMYSS, RUMMES, ROWMYSS, _v. n._ To bellow, S.

_Henrysone._

Isl. _rym-a_, id.

RUMPLE, RUMPILL, _s._

1. The rump, S.

_Ramsay._

2. The tail, S.

_Bellenden._

RUNCHES, _s. pl._ Wild mustard; also, wild radish, S. A. Bor.

_Polwart._

RUND, ROON, _s._

1. A border, a selvage, S.

_Burns._

2. A shred, a remnant, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

Isl. _rond_, _raund_, margo, extremitas.

_To_ RUNDGE, _v. n._ To gnaw.

V. ~Ronged~.

_Evergreen._

RUNG, _s._

1. Any long piece of wood, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. A coarse heavy staff, S.

_Maclaurin._

3. Used to denote the stroke of poverty.

_J. Nicol._

Moes. G. _hrung_, virga; Isl. _raung_, pl. _rungor_, the ribs of a
ship.

_To_ RUNK, _v. a._ To deprive of, whether by fair or foul means, S. B.

Isl. _rank-or_, fraud; or perh. corr. from E. _rook_, to cheat.

RUNK, _adj._ Wrinkled, Aberd.

_Journal Lond._

Su. G. _rynka_, Dan. _rincke_, a wrinkle.

_To_ RUNKLE, _v. a._

1. In part. pa. _runkled_, wrinkled, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To crease, to crumple, S.

A. S. _wrincl-ian_, Su. G. _rynck-a_, rugare.

~Runkle~, ~Runkill~, _s._

1. A wrinkle, S.

_Douglas._

2. A rumple, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

RUNRIG, lands are said to lie _runrig_, where the alternate ridges of a field belong to different proprietors, or are occupied by different tenants, S.; qu. _ridges running_ parallel.

_Erskine._

RUNT, _s._

1. Trunk of a tree.

_Pal. Hon._

2. A hardened stalk; as, _a kail runt_, the stem of colewort, S.

_Burns._

3. The tail of an animal, Galloway.

4. A contemptuous designation for a female, more generally applied to one advanced in life, with _auld_ prefixed, S.

Germ. _rinde_, bark, crust.

_Davidson._

RUNT, _s._ An old cow, S. B., one that has given over breeding, Caithn.

Germ. _rinde_, an ox, or cow.

RURYK, _adj._ Rural, rustic.

_Wallace._

_To_ RUSCH, RWYSS, _v. a._ To drive.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _rus-a_, _rusk-a_, irruere.

~Rusche~, ~Rwhys~, _s._ Drive.

_Wyntown._

_To_ RUSE, ROOSE, _v. a._ To extol; sometimes _reese_, S.

_Douglas._

_Ill rused_, discommended.

_Kelly._

Isl. _raus-a_, jactabundè multa effutio, _ros-a_, extollere.

RUISE, RUSSE, RUSS, _s._

1. Boast.

_Douglas._

Isl. _raus_, gerrae, loquacitas.

_To mak a tume ruse_, to boast where there is no ground for it, but the reverse, Ang.

2. Commendation, praise, S.

_Ritson._

Su. G. _ros_, _roos_, praise.

~Ruser~, _s._ One habituated to self-commendation.

_Kelly._

RUSHIE, _s._ A broil, Fife.

Teut. _ruysch_, Isl. _rusk-a_, strepitus.

RUSKIE, _s._

1. A basket, made of twigs and straw, for carrying corn, Perths. Loth.

2. A vessel made of straw for holding meal.

_Kelly._

3. A bee-hive, S. B.

Su. G. _rusk_, congeries virgultorum; _rysia_, Germ. _reusche_, a
bee-hive.

RUTE, _s._ A blow.

V. ~Rout~.

RUTE, _s._ A fowl.

V. ~Rood-goose~.

_Acts Marie._

RUTHER, _s._ An uproar, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _hruth_, commotio, C. B. _rhuthr_, impetus.

RUTHER, RUTHYR, _s._ Rudder.

_Wallace._

RUTILLAND, _part. pr._ Croaking.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _rotel-en_, grunnire, murmurare.

RUTOUR, _s._ A spoiler.

V. ~Roysters~.

_Bellenden._

_To_ RUVE, _v. a._

V. ~Roove~.

RUWITH, Uncertain.

_Sir Gawan._

S

This letter, as occurring in the beginning of words, cannot, in many instances, be viewed as a radical. While prefixed in some Goth. dialects, it was thrown away in others; especially before _k_. The same term sometimes appears with _s_, and sometimes without it; as in _cry_ and _scry_; _creek_ of day, and _skreek_. _Ss_ is often used by our old writers as the mark of the pl.; as, _horss_ for _horsis_, horses.

SA, SUA, SWA, _conj._

1. So, consequently, S. _sae_.

_Gawan and Gal._

2. In such a manner.

_Barbour._

3. As, in like manner.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _swa_, _swe_, A. S. _swa_, Su. G. Dan. _saa_, ita.

_To_ SA, _v. n._ To say.

_Douglas._

Alem. Germ. _sag-en_, A. S. _saeg-an_, id.

SACKE, _s._ Sackcloth.

_Godly Sangs._

SACK, _s._

V. ~Sak~.

SACKET, SAKKET, _s._ A small sack, S. B.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ SACRÉ, _v. a._ To consecrate.

Fr. _sacrer_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ SACRIFY, _v. a._

1. To sacrifice.

Fr. _sacrifi-er_, id.

_Douglas._

2. To consecrate.

_Douglas._

3. To appease, to propitiate.

_Id._

SAD, _adj._

1. Grave.

_Wallace._

2. Wise, prudent.

_Wallace._

3. Firm, steady.

_Wallace._

C. B. _sad_, firm, wise, discreet, sober.

4. Close, compact, S.