R

Ragweed

Herb-ragwort.

Raible

To rattle, nonsense

Rair

To roar.

Raize

To madden, to inflame.

Ramfeezled

Fatigued, overspread.

Rampin'

Raging

Ramstam

Thoughtless, forward.

Randie

A scolding sturdy beggar, a shrew.

Rantin'

Joyous.

Rape

Rope

Raploch

Properly a coarse cloth, but used for coarse.

Rarely

Excellently, very well.

Rash

A rush, rash-buss, a bush of rushes

Ratton

A rat.

Raucle

Rash, stout, fearless, reckless

Raught

Reached.

Raw

A row.

Rax, rax'd

To stretch; stretched.

Ream

To cream

Reamin'

Brimful, frothing

Reave

Take by force, rove

Rebute

To repulse, rebuke.

Reck

To head.

Red

Warn.

Rede

Counsel, to counsel, to discourse.

Red-peats

Burning turfs.

Red-wat-shod

Walking in blood over the shoetops.

Red-wud

Stark mad.

Ree

Half drunk, fuddled; a ree yaud, a wild horse.

Reef, Rief

Plenty

Reek, Reekin',Reekit

Smoke, smoking, smoked, smoky,

Reestit

Stopped

Remead

Remedy.

Requite

Requited

Rest, Restit, Reestit

To stand restive; stood restive, stunted, withered

Restricked

Restricted

Rew

To smile, look affectionately, tenderly.

Rickles

Shocks of corn, stooks.

Riddle

Instrument for purifying corn

Rief-randies

Men who take the property of others, accompanied by violence and rude words; sturdy beggars.

Rig

A ridge.

Rin

To run, to melt; rinnin', running.

Rink

The course of the stones, a term in curling on ice.

Rip

A handful of unthreshed corn.

Ripples

Pains in the back and loins, sounds which usher in death.

Ripplin'-kame

Instrument for dressing flax.

Riskit

A noise like the tearing of roots.

Rives

Breaks.

Rockin'

A denomination for a friendly visit. In former times, young women met with their distaffs during the winter evenings, to sing, and spin, and be merry; these were called rockings.

Roke

Distaff.

Rood

Stands likewise for the plural, roods.

Roon

A shred, the selvage of woollen cloth.

Roose

To praise, to commend.

Roun'

Round, in the circle of neighborhood.

Roup

A sale by auction.

Roupet

Hoarse, as with a cold.

Routh, Routhie

Plenty, plentiful.

Routh o' gear

Plenty of goods.

Row, Row't

To roll, to wrap, to roll as water rolled, wrapped.

Rowte, Rowtin'

To low, to bellow; lowing.

Rowth

Abundance.

Rozet

Rosin.

Rue

Regret, repent

Rumble-gumption

Rough common sense.

Run-deils

Downright devils.

Rung

A cudgel.

Runkled

Wrinkled.

Runt

The stem of colewort or cabbage.

Ruth

A woman's name; sorrow.

Ryke

Reach.