An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_Journ. Lond._
Sw. _rundel_, a round building.
2. The end of a rafter or beam.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
Su. G. _rand_, extremity, and _tilia_, A. S. _thil_, a joist.
3. A tall raw-boned person, S. A.
_Mannering._
RANTREE, _s._
V. ~Rountree~.
RAP, RAPE, _s._ A rope.
V. ~Raip~.
_To_ RAP, _v. n._ To fall in quick succession.
_Ross._
Su. G. _rap-a_, praeceps ruo, procido.
RAP, _s._
1. A cheat, an impostor, S.
2. A counterfeit coin; _a mere rap_, S.
Su. G. _rapp-a_, vi ad se protrahere.
RAP, _s. In a rap_, immediately, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _rapp_, Belg. _rap_, quick.
_To_ ~Rap~ _aff_ a thing, to do it expeditiously, Loth.
_To_ ~Rap~ _forth_, or _out_, _v. a._ To throw out forcibly.
_Douglas._
~Rape~, _adv._ Hastily.
_Montgomerie._
RAPEGYRNE, _s._ The name anciently given to the little figure made of the last handful of grain cut on the harvest field, now called the _Maiden_.
_Fordun._
Su. G. _rep-a_, to reap; and _gerna_, greedily; Isl. _girn-a_, cupere; q. what is reaped with great eagerness.
RAPLACH, RAPLACK, RAPLOCK, REPLOCH, _s._ Coa.r.s.e woollen cloth, homespun, and not dyed, S.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _rep-a_, vellere, and _lock_, cirrus; q. the _lock_ of wool, as _plucked_ from the animal.
~Raploch~, _adj._ Coa.r.s.e.
_Burns._
_To_ RAPPLE _up_, _v. a._ To do work in a hurried and imperfect manner, S. B.
Isl. _hrap-a_, festinare.
_To_ RARE, RAIR, _v. n._ To roar.
A. S. _rar-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Rare~, ~Rair~, _s._
1. A roar.
_Lyndsay._
2. A loud report of any kind, S.
_To_ RAS, _v. a._ To raise.
_Wyntown._
