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RAM-RAIS, RAM-RACE, _s._ The act of running in a precipitous manner, with the head inclined downwards, S.
Teut. _ramey-en_, arietare.
_Douglas._
RAMSH, _adj._
1. Strong, robust, S. B. Su. G. _ram_, Isl. _ramm-ur_, id.
2. Lascivious, salacious, S.
Teut. _ramm-en_, salire; Alem. _romisch_, salax.
3. Harsh to the taste, S. B.
Norw. _romms_, rank; Isl. _rammr_, bitter.
RAM-STAM, _adj._ Forward, thoughtless, S.
_Burns._
~Ram-stam~, _adv._ Precipitately, S. _Ram_, and _staemm-a_, tendere.
RAMUKLOCH. _To sing ramukloch_, to cry.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Gael. _ra_, denoting motion, _muich_, sadness, and _loch_, dark, or _laoi_, day; q. "deep sorrow," or "the day of sadness comes."
_To_ RANCE, _v. a._ To prop with stakes, S. Su. G. _raenn-a_, to fasten a door with a stake.
~Rance~, _s._
1. A wooden prop, S.
2. The cross bar which joins the lower part of the frame of a chair together. Ang.
3. The cornice of a wooden bed, S.
Su. G. _ren_, a stake.
RANDER, _s._ Order, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _rand_, margo, linea, pl. _rander_.
RANDERS, _s. pl._
1. Idle rumours, S.
2. Idle conversation, S.
Fland. _rand-en_, delirare, nugari.
RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, _s._
1. A beggar who exacts alms by threatening language, S.
_Ritson._
2. A scold, S.
Su. G. _ran_, spoil, and _tiuf_, a thief; Gael. _ranntaich_, a songster.
~Randy~, _adj._ Quarrelsome, scolding, S.
_Meston._
RANDOUN, _s._ Swift motion.
_Barbour._
Fr. _randon_, the force of a violent stream.
_To_ ~Randon~, _v. n._ To flow swiftly in a straight line.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _randonn-er_, id.
RANE, RAYNE, RAIN, REANE, _s._
1. Tedious idle talk.
_Wyntown._
2. Metrical jargon.
_Douglas._
