3. A frequent repetition of the same sound.
_Houlate._
Germ. _raun_, an incantation. Isl. _runa_, sermo non intermissus.
_To_ ~Rane~, _v. a._ To cry the same thing over and over, S. O.
_rainie_, Ang.
_Douglas._
RANEGALD, _adj._ Acting as a _renegado_.
_Kennedy._
RANG, RAING, _s._ A row, a rank, S.
Fr. _rang_, id. Sw. _rang_, C. B. _rhenge_, ordo, series.
RANG, _pret._ Reigned, S.
_Garden._
RANGALE, RANGALD, RINGALD, RANGAT, _s._
1. The rabble.
_Barbour._
2. A crowd, a mob, S. B.
_Douglas._
3. Anarchy, disorder.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _hraungl_, strepitus; or _ran_, rapina, and _gild_, societas.
RANGE, _s._
1. A company of hunters.
Fr. _rang_, _rangee_, a row.
_Douglas._
2. The van of an army.
_Wallace._
RANK, _adj._
1. Strong, able-bodied.
_Bellenden._
2. Harsh; applied to the voice.
_Doug._
RANNOK FLOOK, a species of flounder. Perhaps for _Bannock_.
_Sibbald._
RANSOUNE, RANSOWN, _s._ Ransom.
Fr. _ranson_, id.
_Wallace._
_To_ RANTER, _v. a._
1. To sow a seam across neatly, S.
Fr. _rentraire_, id.
2. To darn in a coarse manner, Ang.
RANTY-TANTY, _s._ A weed which grows among corn with a reddish leaf, S.
B.
_Ritson._
RANTLE-TREE, RANDLE-TREE, _s._
1. The beam which extends across a chimney, on which the crook is suspended, S. _Ran-tree_, Fife.