Part 40
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.