An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_Barbour._
O. Fr. _ribaudaille_, canaille.
~Rebaldie~, ~Rybbaldy~, _s._ Vulgarity of conversation.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _ribaudie_, libertinage.
REBAT, _s._ Cape of a mantle.
_Watson._
Fr. _rabat_, id.
REBAWKIT, _pret. v._ Rebuked.
_Houlate._
REBBIT, _s._ A polished stone for a window, door, or corner, S.; _reybit_, Lanerks.
O. Fr. _rabot-ir_, unir, polir.
_To_ REBET, _v. n._ To make a renewed attack.
_Wallace._
Fr. _rabat-re_, to draw back again.
REBOURIS. _At rebouris_, _adv._ Cross, quite contrary to.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _a rebours_, id.
_To_ REBUT, RABUT, REBOYT, _v. a._
1. To repulse.
_Douglas._
2. To rebuke, to taunt.
_Wallace._
Fr. _rebut-er_ is used in both senses.
~Rebute~, _s._ A repulse.
_Douglas._
RECHAS, _s._ A call to drive back the game.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _recha.s.s-er_, to repel.
RECK, _s._ Course, tract, border.
Teut. _reck-en_, tendere.
_Pennant._
RECORDOUR, _s._ A wind instrument.
_Houlate._
_To_ RECOUNTIR, _s._ To encounter.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RECULE, _v. n._ To recoil.
_Doug._
Fr. _recul-er_, id.
RECURE, _s._ Redress, remedy.
Fr. _recours_, id.
_To_ RED, _v. n._ To suppose, to guess, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
A. S. _raed-an_, to conjecture, to divine.
