RA, RAA, RAE, s. A roe.
Acts Ja. I.

Isl. ra, Su. G. Dan. raa, id.

RA, RAY, s. The sail-yard.

Isl. raa, Su. G. segelraa, id.

Rabandis, Raibandis, s. pl. The small lines which fasten the sail to the yard.

Su. G. refband, robbins.

Douglas.

RABBLE, s. A rhapsody, S.
Baillie.

Teut. rabbel-en, garrire, nugari.

To Rabble, Raible, v. n. To rattle nonsense.
Gl. Shirr.

RABIL, s. A disorderly train.
Douglas.

To RABETE.
V. Rebute.

RACE, pret. v. Dashed.
V. Rasch.
Wall.

RACE, s.
1. A current.
V. Raiss.
2. The current which turns a mill, S. B.
Law Case.
3. The train of historical narration.
R. Bruce.

RACE, s. Course at sea.
Douglas.

Su. G. resa, id. Belg. reys, a voyage.

RACHE, (hard), s. A dog that discovers and pursues his prey by the scent.
Bellenden.

Isl. racke, canis sagax, L. B. racha; Norm. racche, id.

RACHE, Houlate.
V. Raith.

RACHLIE, (gutt.) adj. Dirty and disorderly, S. B.

Isl. hrakleg-r, incomtus, male habitus.

RACHLIN, adj.
1. Unsettled, hare-brained, S. B.
2. Noisy, clamorous, S. B.

Su. G. ragl-a, huc illuc ferri; Isl. ragalinn, perversÈ delirans.

RACK, s. A frame fixed to the wall, for holding plates, &c. S.

RACK (of a mill), s. A piece of wood used for the purpose of feeding a mill, S.

RACKABIMUS, s. A sudden or unexpected stroke or fall, Ang.

RACKEL, RACKLE, RAUCLE, adj. Rash, fearless, S.
Burns.

Isl. rack-r, strenuus, arduus.

Rackel-handit, adj. Careless; rash, S. corr. rackless-handed.
Gl. Shirr.

RACKET, s. A dress frock, Loth.

Su. G. rocke, Arm. roket, Fr. rocket, toga.

RACKET, s. A smart stroke, S.
Ruddiman.

Isl. hreck-ia, propellere; Belg. rack-en, to hit.

RACKLE, s. A chain, S. B.

RACKLESS, adj. Regardless, S. O. E.
V. Rak, s.
Kelly.

RACKLIGENCE, s. Chance, accident, S. B.
Ross.

RACKMEREESLE, adv. Higgledy-piggeldy, Fife. Perths.

RACKSTICK, s. A stick used for twisting ropes, S. from E. rack, to extend.

To RACUNNYS, v. a. To recognise in a juridical sense.
Wallace.

L. B. recognosc-ere.

RAD, RADE, RED, adj. Afraid; Clydes. Dumfr.
Barbour.

Su. G. raed-as, radd-a, terreo, timeo; Su. G. raedd, Dan. raed, red, afraid.

Raddour, Reddour, s. Fear.
Wallace.

Su. G. raedde, id.

Radness, s. Fear, timidity.
Barbour.

RAD, s. Counsel.
V. Red.

RADDMAN, s. A counsellor, Orkney.
V. Lagraetman.

RADDOWRE, REDDOUR, s.
1. Vehemence, violence.
Douglas.
2. Rigour, severity.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. rador, the same with roideur, duretÉ.

RADE, RAID, s. An invasion, an attack by violence.
Wyntown.

A. S. rad, rade, invasio, incursio.

RADE, RAID, s. A road for ships.
Douglas.

Fr. rade, Belg. rede, Su. G. redd, id.

RADE, adv. Rather.
V. Rath.
Priests Peblis.

To RADOTE, v. n. To rave, particularly in sleep.

Fr. radot-er.

Burel.

To RADOUN, v. n. To return.
Wallace.

Fr. redond-er, to return.

RAE, WRAE, s. An inclosure for cattle, S. B.

Isl. ra, secessus domus; latibulum.

RAE, s. A roe.
V. Ra.

RAF. In raf, quickly.

Su. G. rapp, citus; rafsa, celeriter.

RAFF, s. Plenty, abundance, S. B.
Ross.

A. S. reaf, spolia; C. B. rhav, diffusion.

RAFF, s. A flying shower, Ang.

Su. G. rafs-a, celeriter auferre.

RAFFAN, adj. Merry, roving.
Ramsay.

Isl. raf-a, vagari.

RAFFEL, s. Doe-skin.
Chr. Kirk.

From ra, rae, a roe, and fell, a skin.

To RAG, v. a. To rally, to reproach, S.

Isl. raeg-a, Alem. ruag-en, to accuse.

To RAGGLE, v. a.
1. To ruffle the skin, S.
2. In architecture, to jagg, to groove, S.

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.

L. B. ratihabitio, id.

RATT, RATTE, s. A file of soldiers.
Baillie.

Germ. rat, series; Dan. rad, a file.

RATTLESCULL, s. One who talks much without thinking, S.
Shirrefs.

RATT RIME, s. Any thing metrical repeated by rote, S.
Douglas.

E. rote; Isl. rot-a, circumagere.

RATTS, s. pl. A wheel on which criminals are set, after being put to death.
Dunbar.

Belg. op een rad gezet, set upon a wheel.

RATTON, s. A rat, S.
Bellenden.

Gael. radan, Hisp. raton, id.

RAUCHAN, s. A plaid worn by men, S.

Gael. riachan, any thing grey.

RAUCHT, pret. v. Reached.
Douglas.

A. S. rachte, porrigebat.

RAUCHTIR, s. Perh. a rake.
Dunbar.

Gael. racaire, id.

To RAVE, v. a. To take by violence.

A. S. ref-an, id.

Pitscottie.

RAVE, s. A vague report, S. B.

Fr. reve, a dream, Teut. rev-en, delirare.

RAVELLED. A ravell'd hesp, a troublesome or intricate business, S.
Kelly.
To red a ravell'd hesp, to engage in any perplexed business, attended with difficulty, S.
Ross.

RAVERY, s. Delirium.
Wodrow.

Fr. resverie, id.

RAUGHT, s. The act of reaching, S. B.

A. S. raec-an, to reach.

Journ. Lond.

RAUCLE, adj. Rash.
V. Rackel.

RAVIN, adj. Ravenous.
K. Quair.

RAUISANT, part. pr. Violent.

Fr. ravissant, id.

Complaynt S.

RAUN, RAWN, s. Roe of fish, S.

Dan. raun, Teut. rogen, id.

K. Ja. VI.

Rauner, s. The female salmon, which has the roe, Loth. S. A.

RAUNS, s. pl. The beard of barley, S. B.

C. B. rhawn, long or coarse hair, bristles.

To RAUNG, v. n. To range.
Barbour.

Sw. rang, ordo.

RAW, adj.
1. Damp and chill, S.

Su. G. raa, madidus.

2. Unmixed; as raw spirits, spirits not diluted, S.

Su. G. raa, crudus.

RAW, s.
1. A row, a rank, S.
Douglas.

A. S. raewa, id.

2. A kind of street.
V. Rew.
3. Parallel ridges, S. B.
Ramsay.

RAWMOUD, adj. Beardless, simple; q. raw-mouthed.
Kennedy.

To RAX, v. n.
1. To extend the limbs, S.
Minstr. Bord.
2. To make efforts to attain.
Ramsay.

Rax, s. The act of stretching, S.
Morison.

A. Bor. wrax, id.

Raxes, s. pl. Andirons, S.
Ramsay.

READ FISH.
V. Reid Fische.

READILY, adv. Probably.
Baillie.

REAKE, REAK, s. A trick, a prank, S. A.
Z. Boyd.
To play reakes, to play tricks.

Isl. hreck-r, dolus; nequitia.

REALE, adj. Royal.

O. Fr.

Wyntown.

RealtÉ, ReawtÉ, RyawtÉ, s.
1. Royalty.
Wyntown.
2. Royal retinue.
Wyntown.

REAM, REYME, s. Cream, S.
Complaynt S.

A. S. ream, Isl. riome, id.

To Ream, v. a. To cream, S.

Germ. rahm-en, id.

To Ream, Reme, v. n.
1. To be creamed, S.
Ross.
2. To froth, S.
Douglas.

REASON, s. Right, justice.
Baillie.

REAVEL-RAVEL, s. A rhapsody.
Cleland.

Belg. revel-en, to rave, to talk idly.

REAVER, s. Robber.
V. Reyffar.

REAWS, s. pl. Royal personages.

O. Fr. reaulx, id.

Wyntown.

To REBET, v. a. To abate.
Acts Ja. IV.

Fr. rebattre, id.

REBALD, s. A low worthless fellow; Fr. ribauld.
Kennedy.

Rebaldale, s. The rabble.
Barbour.

O. Fr. ribaudaille, canaille.

Rebaldie, Rybbaldy, s. Vulgarity of conversation.
Barbour.

O. Fr. ribaudie, libertinage.

REBAT, s. Cape of a mantle.
Watson.

Fr. rabat, id.

REBAWKIT, pret. v. Rebuked.
Houlate.

REBBIT, s. A polished stone for a window, door, or corner, S.; reybit, Lanerks.

O. Fr. rabot-ir, unir, polir.

To REBET, v. n. To make a renewed attack.
Wallace.

Fr. rabat-re, to draw back again.

REBOURIS. At rebouris, adv. Cross, quite contrary to.
Barbour.

O. Fr. À rebours, id.

To REBUT, RABUT, REBOYT, v. a.
1. To repulse.
Douglas.
2. To rebuke, to taunt.
Wallace.

Fr. rebut-er is used in both senses.

Rebute, s. A repulse.
Douglas.

RECHAS, s. A call to drive back the game.
Sir Gawan.

Fr. rechass-er, to repel.

RECK, s. Course, tract, border.

Teut. reck-en, tendere.

Pennant.

RECORDOUR, s. A wind instrument.
Houlate.

To RECOUNTIR, s. To encounter.
Wyntown.

To RECULE, v. n. To recoil.
Doug.

Fr. recul-er, id.

RECURE, s. Redress, remedy.

Fr. recours, id.

To RED, v. n. To suppose, to guess, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

A. S. raed-an, to conjecture, to divine.

To RED, REDE, v. a. To counsel, S.

A. S. raed-an, Isl. rad-a, id.

Ritson.

Rede, Reide, Rad, s. Counsel, S.
Burns.

Will of rede, destitute of counsel.
Barbour.

A. S. Teut. raed, Isl. rad, id.

Rede, adj. Aware, Fife.
A. Douglas.

Redles, adj. In a confused state.
Wallace.

A. S. raed-leas, praeceps.

To REDE, v. a. To determine one's fate.

A. S. raed-an, decernere.

Houlate.

Reid, s. Fate, lot.
Pal. Hon.

To RED, REDE, READ, v. a. To explain; as, to red a riddle, or a dream, S.
Minstr. Bord.

Su. G. raad-a, red-a, interpretari.

To REDE, REID, v. n. To discourse.

Isl. Su. G. raed-a, loqui.

Barbour.

Rede, s.
1. Voice.
Wallace.
2. Religious service.
Houlate.

Isl. roedd, vox; raeda, sermo.

To RED, v. a. To disentangle; as, to red a ravell'd hesp, to unravel yarn that is disordered; to redd, South E. id.
Doug.
To red the head, or hair, to comb out the hair, S.

Su. G. reda, explicare, is used in both these senses.

To RED, REDD, REDE, RID, v. a.
1. To clear, to put in order; as, to red the road, to clear the way; to red up one's self, to dress; to red up a house, to put it in order; to red marches, to fix boundaries, also, to compose differences, S.
Wyntown.
2. To part combatants; also, to red a pley, to settle a broil, S.
Chr. Kirk.

Redder, Ridder, s.
1. One who endeavours to settle a dispute.
Baillie.
2. One who settles a dispute by force of arms.
Monro.

A. S. ge-raed-ian, Su. G. red-a, parare.

Red, Redd, s.
1. Clearance.
Wallace.
2. Order, S.

Isl. raud, id.

3. Rubbish, S.
V. Outredd.

Red, Redd, part. adj.
1. Put in order, S.

A. S. hraed, paratus.

2. Used as E. ready, S. B.
3. Distinct; opposed to confusion, S. B.

Redding-straik, s. The stroke which one often receives in attempting to separate those who are fighting, S.
Kelly.

Redsman, s. One who clears away rubbish, Loth.

To RED, v. a.
1. To disencumber, E. rid.
Knox.
2. To rescue from destruction.
Barbour.
3. Denoting the act of persons who remove from a place.
Keith.

Su. G. raedd-a, A. S. hredd-an, liberare.

Red, s. Riddance.
Maitland P.

To RED, v. a. To overpower.
Barbour.

A. S. raed-an, regere.

RED, adj. Afraid.
V. Rad.
Burns.

Reddour, s. Dread.
Douglas.

RED, REDD, s.
1. Spawn, S.

C. B. rhid, rhith, sperma; rhid-io, coire.

2. The place in which salmon or other fish deposit their spawn, S. A.

To Red, v. n. To spawn, S.

To REDACT, v. a. To reduce.

Lat. redact-us.

Spotswood.

RED-BELLY, RED-WAME, s. The charr, S. B.
Stat. Acc.

REDCAP, s. A name given by the vulgar to a domestic spirit, S. A.
Minstr. Bord.

REDE, adj. Fierce, furious.
Wallace.

A. S. reth, ferox, saevus.

REDE, s. A being, apparently of the fairy kind, S. A.
Gl. Compl.

Isl. rad, a demon or genius.

To REDY, v. a. To make ready.
Barbour.

REDYMYTE, REDEMYTE, adj. Decked, beautiful.
Douglas.

Lat. redimit-us, crowned.

RED LAND, ground turned up by the plough, S.

RED-SHANK, s. A nick-name for a Highlander, from his bare legs.
Colvil.

RED-WARE, s. Sea-girdles, S.
Neill.

RED-WARE COD, Asellus varius.
Sibbald.

RED-WARE FISHICK, the whistle-fish, Orkn.
Barry.

RED WATER, The murrain in cattle, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

REE, s.
1. Half drunk, S.
R. Galloway.
2. Crazy, delirious, S.

Isl. hreif-r, elatus, ebrius.

REE, s. A small riddle, S. O.
Gl. Sibb.

To REED, REDE, v. a. To fear.
V. Rad.
Ross.

Reed, conj. Lest, S. B.
Ross.

REEFORT, RYFART, s. A radish, S.

Fr. raifort, strong radish.

Ritson.

REEFU', adj. Rueful, S. B.
Ross.

REEGH, s. A harbour, Loth.

To REEK, v. a.
V. Reik out.

REEK HEN, perhaps a hen fed in the house.
Stat. Acc.

REEKIM, s. A smart stroke, Fife.

REEL, REILL, s.
1. Violent or disorderly motion, S.
Guthrie.
2. A particular kind of dance, S.
Rudd.
3. Bustle, hurry.
Diallog.
4. A loud sharp noise, S.

Isl. ryl-a, to be blended; Su. G. ragl-a, to stagger.

REEL-RALL, adv. Topsy-turvy, S.

REEL-TREE, s. The piece of wood to which the top of a stake is fixed, in an ox's stall, Fife. Revel-tree, Border.

To REESE, v. a. To extol.
V. Ruse.
Ramsay.

REESIN, adj. A reesin fire, one that burns well, S.

Teut. raes-en, to burn.

REESK, s.
1. Coarse grass that grows on downs, Fife.

A. S. risc, a rush.

Stat. Acc.
2. Waste land, yielding only benty grasses, Aberd.
3. A marshy place, Ang.
V. Reyss.

To REEVE, v. n.
1. To talk with great vivacity, S.

Teut. rev-en, delirare.

2. A reevin wind, a high wind, S.

REEVE, s. A pen for cattle, Aberd.
V. Rae.
Law Case.

REEZIE, adj. Tipsy, S. A.
V. Ree.
J. Nicol.

To REFE, v. a. To rob.
V. Reif.

REFECKIT, part. pa. Repaired.

O. Fr. refaict, id.

Wallace.

REFEIR, To the refeir, adv. In proportion, S.

O. Fr. raffiert, convient.

REFF, s. Spoil.
V. Reif.

REFUT, s. Shift, expedient.
Wallace.

Fr. refuite, evasion, avoidance.

REGENT, s. A professor in an university, S.
Stat. Acc.

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.

L. B. replaud-are, repulsare.

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.

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.

L. B. Rustarii, the same with Rutarii, freebooters who committed great devastation in France, in the eleventh century; O. Fr. rustre, a ruffian; ruster-ie, brigandage, devastation.

2. A dog, apparently of the bull-dog species.
Cleland.

To ROYT, v. n. To go about idly, S. B.

Su. G. rut-a, discurrere, vagari.

ROYT, s. Perh. rambling fellow.
Polwart.

ROK, s. Perhaps, a storm.
S. P. Repr.

Isl. rok, roka, id. procella.

To ROLE, v. a. To ply the oar.
Doug.

Rollar, s. A rower.
Douglas.

ROLK, s. A rock.
Douglas.

ROLLYD, part. pa. Enrolled.
Wyntown.

ROLLOCHIN, (gutt.) adj. Lively, free-spoken, S.
Rallack, to romp, A. Bor.

Isl. rugl-a, effutire; Sw. rolig, merry.

To ROLP, v. n. To cry.
V. Roip.

ROMANYS, ROMANIS, s.
1. A genuine history.
Barbour.
2. A work of fiction.

Ital. romanze, Fr. roman, id.

ROMBLE, s. A blow.
Barbour.

Teut. rommel-en, strepere.

ROME-RAKARIS, s. pl. Those who pretend to bring relics from Rome.
Bannatyne P.

RONDELLIS, s. pl. Small round targets;

Fr. rondelles.

Complaynt S.

RONE, s. Sheep-skin dressed so as to appear like goat-skin; S. roan.
Wynt.

Perh. from Roan, Rohan, in France; like cordovan, from Cordova.

RONE, RON, s.
1. A shrub.
Wallace.

Isl. runn, a bush or shrub.

2. Brushwood.
Henrysone.

RONE, s. A coarse substance adhering to flax, which, in hackling, is scraped off with a knife, Perths.

Isl. hrion, roughness.

RONE, s. The mountain-ash.
V. Rountree.
Maitland P.

RONE, s. A run of ice, S.
Lyndsay.

Isl. hroenn, sparsa congeries ex nive.

RONE, s. A spout for carrying from the roof, S. O.

Sw. raenna, id.; Mod. Sax. ronne, a canal.

RONGED, part. adj. Gnawed.
Knox.

Fr. rongÉ, id.

RONGIN, pret. Reigned.
Bellenden.

RONK, s. Moisture.
K. Hart.

RONKIS, s. pl. Folds.
Dunbar.

Su. G. rynka, a wrinkle, a fold.

RONNACHS, s. pl. Couch-grass, Aberd.

RONNYS.
V. Rone, 2.

ROOD-DAY, s.
V. Rude-day.

ROOD GOOSE, RUDE GOOSE, the brent goose, Ross.
Statist. Acc.

Dan. radgaas, Norw. raatgaas.

ROOF-TREE, s.
1. The beam which forms the angle of a roof, S.
2. A toast, expressive of a wish for prosperity to one's family, S. B.

ROOK, s. A sort of uproar, Loth.

Germ. ruck-en, movere; ruck, impetus.

ROOK, s. Thick mist, S.
V. Rak, s. 3.

Rooky, adj. Misty, S.
Hamilton.

ROOM, adj. and s.
V. Rowme.

ROON, s. A shred.
V. Rund.

To ROOSE, v. a. To extol.
V. Ruse.

To ROOSE fish, to throw a large quantity of fish together, with salt among them; allowing them to lie in that state for some time, before curing them, S.

ROOST, s.
1. The inner roof of a cottage, composed of spars reaching from the one wall to the other, S.
2. A garret, S. B.

Su. G. roste, the highest part of a building.

ROOT-HEWN, adj. Perverse, S. B.

Sw. rothugg-a, to root up.

Ross.

To ROOVE, RUVE, RUIFF, v. a.
1. To rivet, to clinch, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. To settle a point beyond the probability of alteration.
Baillie.

Fr. riv-er, id.; Isl. rauf-a, perforare.

ROPEEN, s. A hoarse cry.
V. Roup.
Complaynt S.

ROSE, s. The erysipelas, a disease, S.
Buchan.

Su. G. ros, Germ. rose, id. from the colour of the eruption.

ROSEIR, s. A rose-bush; or arbour of roses.

Fr. rosier.

Gl. Sibb.

ROSET, s. Rosin, S.
Douglas.

ROSIGNELL, s. A nightingale.
Burel.

Fr. rosignol, id.

ROST, s. A current.
V. Roust, s. 2.

ROTCOLL, s. Horse-radish, S. B.

Su. G. rot, root, and koll, fire.

ROTE, s. An instrument, in Fr. now called vielle, in low E. hurdygurdy.
Houlate.

According to Ritson and Roquef. from Lat. rota, a wheel.

ROTHOS, s. A tumult, Ang.
V. Ruthar.

ROTTACKS, s. pl.
1. Grubs in a beehive, Moray.
2. Old musty corn, ibid.
Pop. Ball.

ROUBBOURIS, s. pl. Perh. hampers.

Dan. rubbe, a basket?

ROUCH, adj.
1. Rough, S.
Douglas.
2. Hoarse, S.

Germ. rauh, id.

3. Plentiful, S.
Kelly.
Rouch and round, id. Clydes.
4. As denoting immoral conduct, S.

Rouch, s. The coarser and larger part of any thing, S. O.

Rouch-rider, s. A horse-breaker, S.

ROUCH, s. Rowing.
V. Routh.

ROUCHT, pret. v. Reached.
Barbour.

ROUCHT, pret. v. Cared.
V. Rak.
Wallace.

ROUDES, adj. Haggard.
Minst. Bord.

Roudes, s. An old, wrinkled, ill-natured woman, Fife; pron. rudes.
Ramsay.

Fr. rudesse, harshness; or C. B. rhaadair, noisy.

To ROVE, v. n. To be in a delirium, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

Roving, s. Delirium, S.
Rutherford.

To ROVE, v. a. To card wool or cotton into flakes, S.
Statist. Acc.

ROVE, s. Rest.
V. Roif.

To ROUK, ROWK, v. n. To crouch.

Isl. hruk-a, coarctatio.

Lyndsay.

ROUK, s. Mist, S.

Rouky, adj. Misty, S.
V. Rak.

ROULK, ROLK, adj. Hoarse.

Fr. rauque, Lat. rauc-us.

Houlate.

To ROUM, v. a.
V. Soum and Roum.

ROUN, s. Roe of fish.
V. Raun.
Bellenden.

ROUN, ROUNE, s.
1. Letters, characters.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. Isl. run, Su. G. runa, litera.

2. A tale, a story.
Sir Tristrem.
3. Speech in general
Ibid.

To Roun, Roune, Round, Rown, v. n. To whisper, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. run-a, A. S. run-ian, id.

Rounar, Rownar, Roundar, s. A whisperer.
Dunbar.

Rounnyng, Rownnyng, s. The act of whispering.
Barbour.

To Round, v. n.
V. Roun, v.

ROUND, adj. Abundant.
V. Rouch.

ROUN-TREE, ROAN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE, s. The mountain-ash, S.
Lightfoot.

Su. G. ronn, runn, sorbus aucuparia.

ROUND, s.
1. A round dance, S. roundel.

Fr. dance À la ronde.

2. The tune appropriated to a dance of this kind.
Douglas.

ROUND-ABOUT, s. A circular fort.
Statist. Acc.

ROUNDAL, s. A poetical measure, generally of eight verses.
Douglas.

Fr. rondeau, Teut. rondeel, rhythmus orbicularis.

ROUNDAR, s.
V. Rounar.

ROUNDEL, s. A table.
Priests Peblis.

Teut. rondeel, id.

ROUNG, s. A cudgel.
V. Rung.

ROUNGED, part. adj.
V. Ronged.

To ROUP, ROWP, ROPE, ROIP, ROLP, v. n.
1. To cry, to shout.
Doug.
2. To cry hoarsely.
Knox.
3. v. a. To sell by auction, S.

Teut. roep-en, clamare.

Fountainhall.

Roup, Rouping, s. An outcry, S.
Pennant.

Rouper, s. One who cries.
Montgomerie.

Rouping-wife, s. A female auctioneer, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

ROUP, s.
1. Hoarseness, S.
Beattie.

Isl. hroop, vociferatio.

2. The disease otherwise called the croup, S. B.
Watson.
3. A disease affecting hens in the mouth or throat, S.

Roupy, Roopit, adj. Hoarse, S.
Burns.

ROUP, s. A close mist, Border.

ROUST, s. Rust, S.
Douglas.

Rousty, adj. Rusty, S.

Teut. roest, and roestigh.

ROUST, ROST, s. A strong tide or current, Orkn.
Brand.

Isl. roest, raust, aestuaria.

To ROUST, v. n.
1. To cry with a rough voice, S. B.
Douglas.
2. To bellow; applied to cattle, S. B.
Douglas.

Isl. raust, vox canora; Dan. roest, a cry.

Roust, s. The act of roaring, S. B.

Rousty, adj..
1. Hoarse.
Ruddiman.
2. Not refined.
Pal. Hon.

ROUSTREE, s. The cross bar on which the crook is hung, Aberd.

Su. G. roeste, suprema aedificii pars.

To ROUT, ROWT, v. n.
1. To bellow, S.
Burns.

Isl. raut-a, rugire belluarum more.

2. To make a great noise.
Douglas.

Rout, Rowt, s.
1. The act of bellowing, S.
Douglas.
2. A roar, a loud noise, S.
Douglas.

To ROUT, v. a. To strike, S.
Ross.

Isl. rot-a, percutio; rot, ictus.

Rout, Rute, s. A severe blow, S.
Barbour.

ROUTAND, part. pr. Assembling.

Isl. rot-ast, conglobare.

Barbour.

ROUTH, ROUCH, s.
1. The act of rowing.
Douglas.
2. A stroke of the oar.
Douglas.

A. S. rewete, rowette, remigatio.

ROUTH, ROWTH, s. Plenty, S.
Ramsay.

C. B. rhwth, large, capacious.

Routhie, adj. Plentiful, S.
Burns.

ROUTHLESS, adj. Profane, Fife.

E. ruthless used in a particular sense.

ROUTHURROK, s. The bernacle goose, Orkn.
Leslie.

Isl. hrota, bernacla.

To ROW, v. a.
1. To roll.
Douglas.
2. To elapse.
Douglas.
3. To revolve.
Id.

To row about, to be in an advanced state of pregnancy, S.

ROWAN, ROWING, s. A flake of wool, S.
Edin. Encycl.
To Cast a Rowan, to bear an illegitimate child.
Gl. Sibb.

ROWAN, s. Auld rowan, a bawd, who, by wheedling, endeavours to entice a young woman to marry an old man.
Philotus.

Germ. rune, Su. G. runa; al-runa, or alte-runa, mulier fatidica.

ROWAN, s. A turbot, Fife.
Stat. Acc.

ROWAR, s. A moveable wooden bolt; q. a roller.
Wallace.

ROWY, s. King; Fr. roi.
Bannatyne P.

ROWKAR, s. A whisperer, a tale-bearer.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Zeland. roeck, delator, Alem. ruog-en, to defame.

To ROWME, ROUME, v. n. To roam.
Douglas.

A. S. ruman, Belg. ruym-en, diffugere.

To ROWME, v. a.
1. To clear.
Wyntown.
2. To enlarge.
Wyntown.

Teut. ruym-en, vacuare; ampliare.

3. To place.
Keith.

Germ. raum-en, in ordine disponere.

Rowme, Roume, s.
1. Space.
Wyntown.
2. A possession in land.
Bellenden.
3. Situation as to preaching.
Spotswood.
4. Official situation.
Baillie.
5. Ordinal relation.
R. Bruce.
6. Place in a literary work.
Wodrow.

A. S. Su. G. rum, place of any kind.

Rowme, Roume, Room, adj.
1. Large.
Wallace.

A. S. Su. G. rum, Teut. ruym, amplus.

2. Clear, empty.
Ferguson.

Teut. ruym, vacuus.

Rowmly, adv. Largely.
Wyntown.

To ROWMYSS.
V. Rummyss.

To ROWT, v. n. To snore.
Barbour.

A. S. hrut-an, Isl. hriot-a, id.

ROZET, s. Rosin.
V. Roset.

RUBIATURE, s. Robber.
Leg. St Androis.

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.

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.

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