An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 700
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 700
_Pop. Ball._
2. To tear, S.
_Douglas._
3. To spoil, to plunder.
Teut. _ruck-en_, Dan. _rag-er_, to pluck.
RUG, _s._
1. A rough or hasty pull, S.
2. A great bargain, S.
~Ruggair~, _s._ A depredator.
_Monroe._
RULLION, _s._
1. A shoe made of untanned leather.
V. ~Rewelynys~.
2. A coa.r.s.e-made masculine woman, Fife.
RUM, _adj._ Excellent, Loth. Cant E.
RUMBLEGARIE, _adj._ Disorderly, S.
_Ramsay._
Qu. _ready_ (A. S. _gear-u_) to _rumble_.
RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMTION, _s._ Common sense, S.
_Beattie._
A. S. _rum_, _rum-well_, spatiosus, and _geom-ian_, curare.
_To_ RUMMIL, RUMLE, _v. n._ To make a noise, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _rommel-en_, strepere.
_To_ RUMMYSS, RUMMES, ROWMYSS, _v. n._ To bellow, S.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _rym-a_, id.
RUMPLE, RUMPILL, _s._
1. The rump, S.
_Ramsay._
2. The tail, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
RUNCHES, _s. pl._ Wild mustard; also, wild radish, S. A. Bor.
_Polwart._
RUND, ROON, _s._
1. A border, a selvage, S.
_Burns._
2. A shred, a remnant, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
Isl. _rond_, _raund_, margo, extremitas.
_To_ RUNDGE, _v. n._ To gnaw.
V. ~Ronged~.
_Evergreen._
RUNG, _s._