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.