An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 683
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 683
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._