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._

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