An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 685

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 685

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_ ones 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 part.i.tion, 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.