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_Barbour._
_To_ REWM, _v. n._ To roar.
V. ~Rame~.
O. Fr. _ruim-er_, id.
_Wallace._
~Rewmour~, _s._ Tumult.
_Wallace._
Germ. _rumor_, id.
REWME, _s._ Realm; O. Fr. _reaume_.
_Wyntown._
RHIND MART, RYNMART, a carcase from the herd.
_Russel._
Teut. Isl. _rind_, bos.
RIACH, _adj._ Dun, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
Gael. id. brindled.
RIAL, RIALLE, _adj._ Royal.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ RIB, _v. a._ To rib land, to give it half plowing, S.
Belg. _gerib_, ridged.
~Ribbing~, _s._ A slight plowing.
_Stat. Acc._
RIBBALDAILL, RYBBALDY, _s._ Low dissipation.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _ribauderie_, libertinage, conduite de bandits.
RIBBAND. _St Johnston's ribband_, a halter, S.
_Muse's Threnodie._
RYBEES, _s. pl._ Shoes called Turn-overs.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _ribe_, trepointe de soulier.
RIBBLIE-RABBLIE, _adj._ Disordered, Loth.
Teut. _rabbel-en_, praecipitare verba.
RIBUS, _s._ A musical instrument.
_Houlate._
C. B. _ribib_ is expl. a reed-pipe, a hautboy.
RICE, _s._ A twig.
V. ~Ryss~.
_To_ RICH, _v. a._ To enrich.
_Wyntown._
_To_ ~Rich~, _v. n._ To become rich.
_Kelly._
RICHT, _adj._
1. In health, S. Germ.
