Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 61

QUHYNE, QUHENE, WHEEN, _adj._ a few.

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RA, RAE, _s._ a roe deer.

RACHE, _s._ a lurcher, or dog that finds and pursues his prey by the scent.

RACK, _s._ a shelved frame fixed to the wall for holding plates.

RACKLE-HANDED, _adj._ careless; rash.

RADE, RAID, _s._ an invasion; a violent attack.

RAIK, _s._ a single carrying of a thing from one place to another.

_To_ RAIL, _v. n._ to jest.

RAIP, _s._ a rope.

RAISED, _adj._ excited; maddened.

RAIVEL, _s._ a rail.

RAMFEEZLED, _part. adj_. exhausted, fatigued.

RAMMER, _s._ a ramrod.

_To_ RAMPAGE, _v. n._ to prance about in a furious manner, as exemplified in pa.s.sion.

RAM-STAM, _adj._ forward; rash; thoughtless.

RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, _s._ a beggar who endeavours to obtain alms by means of threats; a female scold.

RANDY, _adj._ quarrelsome.

RANTLE-TREE, _s._ a tall raw-boned person.

RAPEGYRNE, _s._ the ancient name given to the little figure made of the last handful of grain in the harvest-field, now called the maiden.

RAPLACH, RAPLOCH, _s._ coa.r.s.e, homespun, undyed woollen cloth.

RASCH, RASH, _s._ a rush.

RASHY, _adj._ beset with rushes.

RATH, _adj._ strange or savage in aspect.

RATTAN, ROTTEN, _s._ a rat.

RAUCHAN, _s._ a plaid worn by men, formerly made of grey undyed wool.

RAUN, RAWN, _s._ roe of a fish.

RAUCLE, _adj._ rash.

_To_ RAVE, _v. a._ to plunder by violence.

RAW, _adj._ damp; chill.

RAW, _s._ a row or rank.

_To_ RAX, _v. n._ to extend the limbs; to stretch them.

RAY, REE, _adj._ mad; wild.

REAM, REYME, _s._ cream.

REAMING-FULL, _adj._ full to the lip or brim.

REAVER, _s._ robber.

REBALD, _s._ a low contemptible fellow.

_To_ REBUT, _v. a._ to repulse.

RED, _s._ riddance.

_To_ RED, REDE, _v. a._ to counsel; to disentangle.

REDDIN-STRAIK, _s._ the blow which persons frequently receive on attempting to separate those who are fighting.

_To_ RED-UP, _part. adj._ to put in order.

RED-WUD, _adj._ in a violent pa.s.sion; furious.

REEK, REIK, _s._ smoke.

REEL, _s._ a Scottish dance generally performed by two males and two females.

REEL-RALL, _adj._ topsy-turvy.

_To_ REESE, _v. a._ to extol.

REIF, REFE, _s._ the itch.

REIKIE, _adj._ smoky.