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_To_ RIFT, _v. n._ To belch, S.
_Ramsay._
Dan. _raev-er_, eructare; _raeven_, eructatio.
~Rift~, _s._ An eructation, S.
_Ferguson._
RIG, _s._ A tumult; also, a frolic, Loth.
V. ~Reake~.
RIG, RIGG, _s._
1. The back of an animal, S.
_Douglas._
2. A ridge, S.
_Douglas._
3. _Rig and Fur_, ribbed stockings, S.
A. S. _hricg_, Isl. _hrigg-r_, Su. G. _rygg_, id.
~Ryg-bayne~, _s._ The back-bane, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _hricgban_, Dan. _rigbeen_, id.
~Rigging~, ~Riggin~, _s._
1. The back, S.
_Doug._
2. The ridge of a house, S.
_Ross._
~Riggin-tree~, _s._ The roof-tree, S.
Sw. _tak-ryggen_, the ridge of a house; A. S. _hricg_, fastigium.
RIGLAN, RIGLAND, _s._ An animal half castrated, S.
_Pop. Ball._
RIG-MARIE, _s._ A base coin, Loth. Dumfr.
_Watson._
From the words _Reg. Maria_, on one of the billon coins of Queen Mary.
RIGWIDDIE, _s._ The rope or chain that crosses the _back_ of a horse when yoked in a cart, S.
_Rig_, back, and _widdie_, a twig.
RYK, RYKE, _adj._
1. Potent.
_Wyntown._
2. Rich.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _reiks_, A. S. _rica_, princeps.
RIK, RYKE, _s._ A kingdom.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _reiki_, A. S. _ryce_, regnum.
RILLING, _s._
V. ~Rewelynys~.
RIM, _s._ A rocky bottom in the sea, Orkn.
Isl. _rimi_, colliculus.
_Statist. Acc._
