RATCH, _s._ The little auk, Orkn.; _rotch_, Shetl.; _Rotges_, Martin.
_Neill._
RATCHEL, _s._ A hard rocky crust below the soil, S.
Fr. _rochaille_, rocks.
RATH, _adj._ Quick.
V. ~Raith~.
RATH, _adj._ Strange, savage in appearance.
A. S. _rethe_, savage.
_Houlate._
RATIHABITION, _s._ Confirmation; a forensic term, S.
L. B. _ratihabitio_, id.
RATT, RATTE, _s._ A file of soldiers.
_Baillie._
Germ. _rat_, series; Dan. _rad_, a file.
RATTLESCULL, _s._ One who talks much without thinking, S.
_Shirrefs._
RATT RIME, _s._ Any thing metrical repeated by rote, S.
_Douglas._
E. _rote_; Isl. _rot-a_, circumagere.
RATTS, _s. pl._ A wheel on which criminals are set, after being put to death.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _op een rad gezet_, set upon a wheel.
RATTON, _s._ A rat, S.
_Bellenden._
Gael. _radan_, Hisp. _raton_, id.
RAUCHAN, _s._ A plaid worn by men, S.
Gael. _riachan_, any thing grey.
RAUCHT, _pret. v._ Reached.
_Douglas._
A. S. _rachte_, porrigebat.
RAUCHTIR, _s._ Perh. a rake.
_Dunbar._
Gael. _racaire_, id.
_To_ RAVE, _v. a._ To take by violence.
A. S. _ref-an_, id.
_Pitscottie._
RAVE, _s._ A vague report, S. B.
Fr. _reve_, a dream, Teut. _rev-en_, delirare.
RAVELLED. _A ravell'd hesp_, a troublesome or intricate business, S.
_Kelly._
_To red a ravell'd hesp_, to engage in any perplexed business, attended with difficulty, S.
_Ross._