Glossary Of Scottish Words Used By Robert Burns: R-Words

R-Words

by Robert Burns

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.

Source:

The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns
Copyright 1910
Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd