adj._ indiscreet, with an idea of rushing into anything
thoughtlessly. Burns, 32, 22. O.N. _rammr_, vehement, and
_stam_, stiff, hard, unbending. Cp. Cu. _ram_, strong, and
_rammish_, violent, and American slang _rambunktious_,
obstreperous.
RANEGILL, _sb._ a scapegrace, a worthless fellow. Johnnie Gibb, 179,
11. Cp. Norse _rangel_, _ranglefant_, a loafer, rascal.
Doubtful.
RANGALE, _sb._ rabble, mob. Wyntoun, VIII, 36, 35; Bruce, XII, 474.
O.N. _hrang_, noise, tumult, especially the noise a crowd
makes.
RED, _vb._ to clear away, clear up, set to rights. R.R., 1242;
Isaiah, LX, 10. O.N. _hryethja_, to clear away, Norse _rydja_,
_rydda_, Sw. _roedja_, Dan. _rydde_. Cp. Eng. _rid_, O. Fr.
_hredda, _ O.E. _hreddan_, Norse _redda_, save, liberate.
Germ. _retten_ is another word.
RED UP, _vb._ open up. Isaiah, XL, 3; LXII, 10. O.N. _hryethja upp,
_ Norse _rydde op_, clear up. In Ramsay, II, 225, _red up_
pp. means dressed. See also Wall under _red_.
REDDING, _sb._ growing afraid. Lyndsay, 356, 1263. See _rad_, _red_.
REESE, _vb._ to extol. Ramsay, I, 262. Eng. _raise_. See also
_raise_ above, as used in Burns.
RESTIT (very frequently reestit), _adj._ dry, withered. Burns, 6, 5.
Dan. _riste_, to dry something over a _rist_, _ristet_, dried.
O.N. _rist_, a gridiron. Cp. Cu. _reestit_, rancid, rusty.
RIVE, RYFE, RIF (r[-i]v), _vb._ to tear, break open, cleave.
Lyndsay, 434, 156; Wynyet, II, 6514; Psalms, XXIX, 5. O.N.
_rifa_, to tear, Norse _riva_, _reiva_, Dan. _rive_, Sw.
_rifwa_, M.E. _raven_ id. Cp. Dunbar, T.M.W., 350, "rif into
sondir," tear to pieces, and Norse "rive sonde." Cu. _reavv_,
and _ryve_.
ROCK, _sb._ a loom, spinning wheel, spinning distaff. Lyndsay, 109,
3330; Burns, 223, 112, 3; 240, 148, 1. O.N. _rokkr_, a loom,
Norse _rokk_, Dan. _rok_, spinning wheel.
ROCKING, _sb._ "a chat, a friendly visit at which they would spin on
the rock which the visitor
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