Chapter C: B. rhugl-aw, to rub, to chafe; at-terere, Davies; rhygl-o, to

rub, to fret; Lhuyd: also, to groove, striare.

RAGMAN, RAGMENT, _s._

1. A long piece of writing.

_Wyntown._

2. A rhapsody.

_Douglas._

3. An account, in order to a settlement.

_Dunbar._

Ital. _ragionamento_, a discourse.

RAGMAN'S ROW, or ROLL, a collection of those deeds by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland were constrained to subscribe allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. 1296.

_Rudd._

Isl. _raeg-a_, to accuse, _raege_, an accuser; hence the devil is
called _Rageman_, P. Ploughm.

RAGWEED, _s._ Ragwort, S.

_Burns._

_To_ RAY, _v. a._ To array.

_Wallace._

~Ray~, _s._ Military arrangement.

_Id._

RAY, _s._ Uncertain.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _ra_, Isl. _raege_, daemon.

RAY, REE, _adj._ Mad, wild.

V. ~Ree~.

_Gl. Sibb._

RAYATT, Barbour. L. _ryotyt_, rioted.

RAID, _s._ An inroad, S.

V. ~Rade~.

RAID, _s._ A road for ships.

V. ~Rade~.

RAYEN, RAYON, _s._ A ray.

_Hume._

Fr. _rayon_, id.

RAIF, _part. pa._ Rent.

_Pal. Hon._

Su. G. _rifw-a_, to rive.

RAIF, _s._ Robbery.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _reaf_, spolia; _reaf-ian_, to rob.

_To_ RAIF, _v. n._ To rave.

_Douglas._

Belg. _rev-en_, Fr. _resv-er_.

_To_ RAIK, RAKE, RAYK, REYKE, _v. n._

1. To range, S.

_Douglas._

2. To move expeditiously, S.

_Sir Gawan._

3. _To raik on raw_, to march in order.

_Douglas._

4. To be copious in discourse.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _rek-a_, to roam; _rak-a_, to go swiftly.

~Raik~, ~Rayk~, ~Rake~, _s._

1. The extent of a course or walk, S.

Hence, _sheep-raik_, and _cattle-raik_, S.

_Wyntown._

2. A swift pace.

_Ross._

3. The act of carrying from one place to another, S.

_Henrysone._

4. The extent of fishing ground, S. B.

_Act Concil._

5. _Tongue-raik_, elocution, flow of language, S. B.

RAIK, RAK, RACK, _s._ Care, reckoning. _Quhat raik?_ what do I care for it? S.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _recce_, cura, O. E. _reck_.

RAIL, _s._ A woman's jacket, S. B.

_Gl. Sibb._

Belg. _ryglyf_, a boddice stays.

_To_ RAILL, _v. n._ To jest.

_Burel._

Fr. _raill-er_, id.

~Railyear~, _s._ A jester.

_Douglas._

RAIN GOOSE, the red-throated diver, supposed to prognosticate _rain_, Caithn.

_Stat. Acc._

RAYNE, _s._

V. ~Rane~.

RAING, _s._ Row.

V. ~Rang~.

_To_ ~Raing~, _v. n._

1. To rank up, S.

_Ferguson._

2. To follow in a line, S. B.

RAIP, _s._

1. A rope, S.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _raip_, A. S. _rape_, id.

2. A rood; or six ells in length.

_Skene._

Su. G. _rep-a_, to measure by a line.

RAIR, _s._ A roar.

V. ~Rare~.

_To_ RAISE, RAIZE, _v. a._

1. To excite, S.

_Burns._

2. To madden; _rais'd_, delirious, S.

Alem. _raiz-en_, irritare; Su. G. _ras-a_, insanire.

RAISE-NET FISHING, allowing the lower part of the net to _rise_ and float with the flowing tide, and to fall down with the ebb, Dumfr.

_Stat. Acc._

RAISS, RASSE, RASE, RACE, _s._ A strong current in the sea, S.

_Barbour._

Teut. _raes_, aestuarium.

RAITH, REATH, _s._ The fourth part of a year, S.

_Ross._

Gael. _ratha_, _raithe_, id.; Su. G. _ret_, Isl. _reit-r_, quadratum
quodvis.

RAITH, _adj._

1. Sudden, quick.

_Houlate._

A. S. _hraeth_, celer, Isl. _hradr_, promptus.

2. Ready, prepared.

_Douglas._

~Raith~, _adv._ Quickly.

A. S. _rath_, id.

_Doug._

RAIVEL, _s._ A rail, S.

Fr. _verre-vel_, id.

_To_ RAK, _v. a._ To reach.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _raec-an_, Su. G. _raeck-a_, id.

_To_ RAK, REK, _v. a._ To regard.

_Doug._

A. S. _rec-an_, Isl. _raek-ia_, curare.

~Rak~, _s._ Care.

V. ~Raik~.

RAK, RAWK, ROIK, ROOK, _s._ A thick mist or fog, S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _rak-ur_, humidus; Teut. _roock_, vapor.

RAK, RAWK, _s._ The rheum which distils from the eyes during sleep, S. B.

Isl. _hrak_, rejectaneum quid.

_Rudd._

RAK, RAWK, _s._ The greenish scum on stagnated water, S. B.

_Ruddiman._

RACK, _s._ A shock; a blow.

_Douglas._

Isl. _rek-a_, _hreck-ia_, propellere, quatere.

RAK-SAUCH, _s._ A reproachful term; q. applied to one who deserves to _rack_, or stretch, a withy.

_Dunbar._

RAKE. L. _wrake_, wreck.

_Sir Tristrem._

RAKE, _s._ A swift pace.

V. ~Raik~.

RAKYNG, _part. pr._ Perhaps wandering.

_Dunbar._

RAKKET, _s._ Uncertain.

_Bannatyne P._

RAKLESS, _adj._ Careless, rash, S.

A. S. _recceleas_, id.

~Rakleslie~, _adv._ Unwittingly.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ RALE, _v. n._ To spring, to gush forth.

Isl. _ryll_, rivus tacitè labens.

_Doug._

_To_ RALEIFF, _v. n._ To rally.

_Wallace._

RALIS, _s. pl._ Nets.

_Douglas._

Franc. _regil_, vectis, obex.

RALLION, _s._ Clattering, noise, S. B.

Isl. _ragl-a_, incedere; _ragl_, gressus.

RAMAGIECHAN, _s._ Expl. a large raw-boned person, speaking and acting heedlessly, Ang.

_To_ RAMBARRE, _v. a._ To repulse; Fr. _rembarr-er_, id.

_Godscroft._

_To_ RAME, _v. n._ To shout, to roar, S. B.

_Douglas._

A. S. _hream-an_, Su. G. _raam-a_, clamare.

~Rame~, _s._ A cry; especially as denoting reiteration of the same sound, S.

~Ramyng~, _s._ A loud cry.

_Douglas._

RAMEDE, _s._ Remedy; Fr. _remede_.

_Wallace._

RAMFEEZLED, _part. adj._ Fatigued, exhausted, S.

_Burns._

Teut. _ramme_, aries, and _futsel-en_, agitare.

RAMFORSIT, _part. pa._ Crammed.

_N. Burne._

RAMGUNSHOCH, _adj._ Rugged.

_Kelly._

Isl. _ram-r_, fortis, and _gunni_, vir pugnax.

RAMMASCHE, _adj._ Collected; Fr. _rammassé_.

_Complaynt S._

RAMMEKINS, _s._ A dish made of eggs, cheese, and crumbs of bread, mixed in the manner of a pudding.

_Gl. Sibb._

Flandr. _rammekin_, panis escharites.

RAMMEL, RAMEL, _s._ Small branches.

Fr. _ramilles_, id.

_Burel._

~Rammel~, _adj._

1. Branchy; Fr. _ramillé_.

_Complaynt S._

2. Rank, applied to straw, S. B.

RAMMEL, RAMBLE, _s._ Mixed grain, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Teut. _rammel-en_, tumultuari.

RAMMER, _s._ A ramrod, S.

_To_ RAMMIS, _v. n._ To be driven about under the impulse of any powerful appetite, S. B.

Alem. _romisch pfaerd_, equus salax.

~Rammist~, _part. adj._ Raging.

_Bellenden._

_To_ RAMORD, _v. n._

V. ~Remord~.

_To_ RAMP, _v. n._

1. To be rompish, S.

2. To rage.

_Wallace._

A. S. _rempend_, praeceps.

~Ramp~, _adj._

1. Riotous.

_Fountainhall._

2. Vehement, violent, S.

_Pennecuik._

_To_ RAMP, _v. n._ Applied to milk when it becomes ropy, S. B.

Fr. _ramp-er_, to climb.

_To_ RAMP, _v. a._ To trample.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ RAMPAGE, _v. n._ To prance about with fury, S.

_Ross._

_Ram_, and _pauge_; q. to prance like a ram.

RAMPAR EEL, a lamprey, S.

_Statist. Acc._

RAMPS, _s. pl._ A species of garlick, Loth.

Sw. _rams_, id.

RAM-RAIS, RAM-RACE, _s._ The act of running in a precipitous manner, with the head inclined downwards, S.

Teut. _ramey-en_, arietare.

_Douglas._

RAMSH, _adj._

1. Strong, robust, S. B. Su. G. _ram_, Isl. _ramm-ur_, id.

2. Lascivious, salacious, S.

Teut. _ramm-en_, salire; Alem. _romisch_, salax.

3. Harsh to the taste, S. B.

Norw. _romms_, rank; Isl. _rammr_, bitter.

RAM-STAM, _adj._ Forward, thoughtless, S.

_Burns._

~Ram-stam~, _adv._ Precipitately, S. _Ram_, and _staemm-a_, tendere.

RAMUKLOCH. _To sing ramukloch_, to cry.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Gael. _ra_, denoting motion, _muich_, sadness, and _loch_, dark, or
_laoi_, day; q. "deep sorrow," or "the day of sadness comes."

_To_ RANCE, _v. a._ To prop with stakes, S. Su. G. _raenn-a_, to fasten a door with a stake.

~Rance~, _s._

1. A wooden prop, S.

2. The cross bar which joins the lower part of the frame of a chair together. Ang.

3. The cornice of a wooden bed, S.

Su. G. _ren_, a stake.

RANDER, _s._ Order, S. B.

_Ross._

Su. G. _rand_, margo, linea, pl. _rander_.

RANDERS, _s. pl._

1. Idle rumours, S.

2. Idle conversation, S.

Fland. _rand-en_, delirare, nugari.

RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, _s._

1. A beggar who exacts alms by threatening language, S.

_Ritson._

2. A scold, S.

Su. G. _ran_, spoil, and _tiuf_, a thief; Gael. _ranntaich_, a
songster.

~Randy~, _adj._ Quarrelsome, scolding, S.

_Meston._

RANDOUN, _s._ Swift motion.

_Barbour._

Fr. _randon_, the force of a violent stream.

_To_ ~Randon~, _v. n._ To flow swiftly in a straight line.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _randonn-er_, id.

RANE, RAYNE, RAIN, REANE, _s._

1. Tedious idle talk.

_Wyntown._

2. Metrical jargon.

_Douglas._

3. A frequent repetition of the same sound.

_Houlate._

Germ. _raun_, an incantation. Isl. _runa_, sermo non intermissus.

_To_ ~Rane~, _v. a._ To cry the same thing over and over, S. O. _rainie_, Ang.

_Douglas._

RANEGALD, _adj._ Acting as a _renegado_.

_Kennedy._

RANG, RAING, _s._ A row, a rank, S.

Fr. _rang_, id. Sw. _rang_, C. B. _rhenge_, ordo, series.

RANG, _pret._ Reigned, S.

_Garden._

RANGALE, RANGALD, RINGALD, RANGAT, _s._

1. The rabble.

_Barbour._

2. A crowd, a mob, S. B.

_Douglas._

3. Anarchy, disorder.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _hraungl_, strepitus; or _ran_, rapina, and _gild_, societas.

RANGE, _s._

1. A company of hunters.

Fr. _rang_, _rangée_, a row.

_Douglas._

2. The van of an army.

_Wallace._

RANK, _adj._

1. Strong, able-bodied.

_Bellenden._

2. Harsh; applied to the voice.

_Doug._

RANNOK FLOOK, a species of flounder. Perhaps for _Bannock_.

_Sibbald._

RANSOUNE, RANSOWN, _s._ Ransom.

Fr. _ranson_, id.

_Wallace._

_To_ RANTER, _v. a._

1. To sow a seam across neatly, S.

Fr. _rentraire_, id.

2. To darn in a coarse manner, Ang.

RANTY-TANTY, _s._ A weed which grows among corn with a reddish leaf, S. B.

_Ritson._

RANTLE-TREE, RANDLE-TREE, _s._

1. The beam which extends across a chimney, on which the crook is suspended, S. _Ran-tree_, Fife.

_Journ. Lond._

Sw. _rundel_, a round building.

2. The end of a rafter or beam.

_Gl. Shirr._

Su. G. _rand_, extremity, and _tilia_, A. S. _thil_, a joist.

3. A tall raw-boned person, S. A.

_Mannering._

RANTREE, _s._

V. ~Rountree~.

RAP, RAPE, _s._ A rope.

V. ~Raip~.

_To_ RAP, _v. n._ To fall in quick succession.

_Ross._

Su. G. _rap-a_, praeceps ruo, procido.

RAP, _s._

1. A cheat, an impostor, S.

2. A counterfeit coin; _a mere rap_, S.

Su. G. _rapp-a_, vi ad se protrahere.

RAP, _s. In a rap_, immediately, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _rapp_, Belg. _rap_, quick.

_To_ ~Rap~ _aff_ a thing, to do it expeditiously, Loth.

_To_ ~Rap~ _forth_, or _out_, _v. a._ To throw out forcibly.

_Douglas._

~Rape~, _adv._ Hastily.

_Montgomerie._

RAPEGYRNE, _s._ The name anciently given to the little figure made of the last handful of grain cut on the harvest field, now called the _Maiden_.

_Fordun._

Su. G. _rep-a_, to reap; and _gerna_, greedily; Isl. _girn-a_,
cupere; q. what is reaped with great eagerness.

RAPLACH, RAPLACK, RAPLOCK, REPLOCH, _s._ Coarse woollen cloth, homespun, and not dyed, S.

_Lyndsay._

Su. G. _rep-a_, vellere, and _lock_, cirrus; q. the _lock_ of wool,
as _plucked_ from the animal.

~Raploch~, _adj._ Coarse.

_Burns._

_To_ RAPPLE _up_, _v. a._ To do work in a hurried and imperfect manner, S. B.

Isl. _hrap-a_, festinare.

_To_ RARE, RAIR, _v. n._ To roar.

A. S. _rar-an_, id.

_Wyntown._

~Rare~, ~Rair~, _s._

1. A roar.

_Lyndsay._

2. A loud report of any kind, S.

_To_ RAS, _v. a._ To raise.

_Wyntown._

_To_ RASCH, _v. a._ To dash, to beat.

Isl. _rask-a_, frangere.

_Bellenden._

~Rasch~, _s._

1. Dash, collision.

_Douglas._

2. The clashing of arms.

_Douglas._

A. S. _hraes_, impetus.

_To_ RASCH, RASHE, _v. n._ To make any forcible exertion, to rush, S. A.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _raes-an_, to rush.

RASCH, RASH, _adj._ Agile, active, Loth.

Su. G. _rask_, celer, promtus.

RASCH, RASH, _s._ A rush, S.

A. S. _resc_, juncus.

_Complaynt S._

~Raschen~, ~Rashen~, _adj._ Made of rushes, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

~Rashy~, _adj._ Covered with rushes, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ RASE _out_, _v. a._ To pluck.

_Douglas._

Germ. _reiss-en_, Alem. _raz-en_, rapere.

RASIT, _part. pa._ Abashed.

_Gawan and Gol._

Isl. _rask-a_, perturbare.

RASPS, _s. pl._ Raspberries, S.

RASSE, _s._ A current.

V. ~Raiss~.

RAT, _s._

1. A scratch, S.

2. Metaph. a wrinkle.

_Douglas._

3. A rut; _cart-rat_, S. B.

Teut. _rete_, incisura; Su. G. _ratta_, a path.

_To_ ~Rat~, ~Ratt~, _v. a._

1. To scratch, S.

2. To make deep ruts, S.

_Ruddiman._

RAT, _s._ A wart, S.

V. ~Wrat~.

RATCH, _s._ The lock of a musket.

_Colvil._

RATCH, _s._ The little auk, Orkn.; _rotch_, Shetl.; _Rotges_, Martin.

_Neill._

RATCHEL, _s._ A hard rocky crust below the soil, S.

Fr. _rochaille_, rocks.

RATH, _adj._ Quick.

V. ~Raith~.

RATH, _adj._ Strange, savage in appearance.

A. S. _rethe_, savage.

_Houlate._

RATIHABITION, _s._ Confirmation; a forensic term, S.