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.
To ~Ride at the ring~, to strive, at full gallop, to carry off, on the point of a rod, a ring suspended on a cross-beam resting on two upright posts, S.
Su. G. _rida till rings_, hastiludium exercere.
RING DANCIS, circular dances, in which the parties frequently join hands, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _ringh-dans_, orbis saltatorius.
RING-SANGIS, tunes adapted to _ring dances_.
_Douglas._
RINGALD, _s._ Crowd.
V. ~Rangald~.
RINGE, _s._ A whisk made of heath, S. corr. from E. _rinse_.
~Ringe-heather~, _s._ Cross-leaved heath, S. B.
RINGIT-QUOY.
V. ~Quoy~.
RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, _adj._ Having a great proportion of white in the eye, S.
_Ruddiman._
From _ring_; or Teut. _ringel-en_, annulo circ.u.mdare.
RINK, RYNK, _s._ A strong man.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _rinc_, vir strenuus, miles.
RINK, _s._ A course.
V. ~Renk~.
To ~Rink~, _v. n._ To scamper about, S. B.
V. ~Renk~.
_Ruddiman._
~Rinker~, ~Rinketer~, _s._ A tall, thin, long-legged horse, S.; q.
_race-horse_.
~Rinkroume~, _s._ Place of tournay.
_Lyndsay_.
RINO, _s._ Ready money, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
RINS, RINNES, RHYNS, _s. pl._ A tract of country on the coast of Galloway, which runs out into the sea.
_Stat. Acc._
Gael. _rinn_, a point, C. B. _rhyn_, id. a cape.
RIOLYSE, _s. pl._ n.o.bles; q. Lat. _regales_.
_Gawan and Gol._
RIOT, _s._ Noise.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _riot_, _riote_, bruit, tapage.
_To_ RYOT, _v. a._ To ravage.
_Barbour._
Isl. _riod-a_, Teut. _ruyt-en_, vastare.
RYOT, _s._ Contest.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _riote_, combat.
