An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
You're reading novel online at LightNovelsOnl.com. Please use the follow button to get notifications about your favorite novels and its latest chapters so you can come back anytime and won't miss anything.
~Raxes~, _s. pl._ Andirons, S.
_Ramsay._
READ FISH.
V. ~Reid Fische~.
READILY, _adv._ Probably.
_Baillie._
REAKE, REAK, _s._ A trick, a prank, S. A.
_Z. Boyd._
_To play reakes_, to play tricks.
Isl. _hreck-r_, dolus; nequitia.
REALE, _adj._ Royal.
O. Fr.
_Wyntown._
~Realte~, ~Reawte~, ~Ryawte~, _s._
1. Royalty.
_Wyntown._
2. Royal retinue.
_Wyntown._
REAM, REYME, _s._ Cream, S.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _ream_, Isl. _riome_, id.
_To_ ~Ream~, _v. a._ To cream, S.
Germ. _rahm-en_, id.
_To_ ~Ream~, ~Reme~, _v. n._
1. To be creamed, S.
_Ross._
2. To froth, S.
_Douglas._
REASON, _s._ Right, justice.
_Baillie._
REAVEL-RAVEL, _s._ A rhapsody.
_Cleland._
Belg. _revel-en_, to rave, to talk idly.
REAVER, _s._ Robber.
V. ~Reyffar~.
REAWS, _s. pl._ Royal personages.
O. Fr. _reaulx_, id.
_Wyntown._
_To_ REBET, _v. a._ To abate.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _rebattre_, id.
REBALD, _s._ A low worthless fellow; Fr. _ribauld_.
_Kennedy._
~Rebaldale~, _s._ The rabble.
