An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 655
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 655
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _rador_, the same with _roideur_, durete.
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.
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