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reuin, reuined, ruin, ruinage, ruination, ruint,
ruin [ˈruɪn]
n. Ruin.
v. To ruin.
pt. pp. ruint
Compounds and phrases etc.
ruinage [ˈruɪnɪdʒ]: Destruction, spoiling, ruination.
ruination: The act of ruining or the state of being ruined.
reend, reund, rind, roon, ruind, rund,
ruind [røn(d), C. rɪn(d), N. rin(d)]
n. The border or selvage of a web of cloth. A beading.
The edge or margin of a strip of cultivated land, of a pathway, or the edge or top of a peat bank.
rig-röni, rig-ruinie, røni, rönnie, ruini, ruinie, ruinnie, runi, runi, runie,
ruinie [I.Sh. rønɪ]
n. A heap of stones. A prominent rock on a hill-side, an outcrop of rock.
Compounds and phrases etc.
rig-ruinie: A heap of stones gathered from cultivated ground.
rause, reese, reesed, reesin, reez, reez$d, reeze, reezit, reezt, reusin, reuze, roose, roosed, rooser, roosin, roosin, roozin, rös, röse, rousin, ruice, ruis, ruise, ruise$t, ruised, ruiser, ruisin, ruist, ruize, ruse, rusin, toom_roose,
ruise [v. I. S. røːz, C. reːz, n. I. S. røs, C. res, N. riːz]
n. Praise, commendation, flattery.
v. To praise, to flatter, to boast.
pt. pp. ruised, ruise't
Compounds and phrases etc.
ruiser: A boaster.
ruisin.: Praising, boasting.
tuim ruise [tøm-, tym, C. tɪm-, NEC. tem-, N. tim-]: Empty praise or flattery.
reest, reestin, reist, reust, rist, roost, ruist, ruistin, ruste,
ruist [røst, C. rɪst, N. rist]
n. A roost, a perch. The open cross-joists of the living room of a rural cottage.
v. To roost.
Compounds and phrases etc.
ruistin: Roosting.
reet, reeted, reetit, reets, reut, reuted, reutit, reuts, rit, ritted, rittit, ritts, rootstock, röt, røt, røtit, röts, rötted, röttit, ruit, ruited, ruitit, ruits, ruitstock, rut, ruted, rutes, rutestock, ruts, upruit,
ruit [røt, C. U. rɪt, N. rit]
n. A root. The foot of a hedge. A chap, a fellow.
pl. ruits
v. To take root or pull up by the roots.
pt. pp. ruitit
Compounds and phrases etc.
ruitstock: Rootstock.
upruit: Uproot.
reet, reeted, reetit, reut, reuted, reutit, rit, ritted, rittit, röt, rötted, röttin, röttit, ruit, ruited, ruitin, ruitit, rut, ruted,
ruit [røt, C. U. rɪt, N. rit]
v. To poke about or rummage. To fiddle about or work clumsily and innefectively.
pt. pp. ruitit
Compounds and phrases etc.
ruitin: Poking or rummaging about.
reuth, rod, röd, roed, röid, rüd, rued, ruid, ruidd, ruidie, ruidin, ruidy, ruiid, ruith, ruithe, ruod, ruth, ruthe, ruud,
ruithe [NN.b. rʌθ, I.Ork. røð, I.Sh. rød]
n. The small seeds of weeds common to grain crops such as wild mustard or corn spurrey. A mass of small or insignificant objects. The refuse of weed and seeds etc. Produced in winnowing, rubbish. Rubbishy talk, nonsense, rambling discourse. I.Sh. A light drizzle, mist with light rain.
adj. I.Sh. Misty and wet.
v. To pour out, to gush profusely. To remove broken straw, weed and seeds etc. In winnowing. To talk nonsense, to babble, to rave. To mutter, mumble. I.Sh. To drizzle.
ruithey
adj. Inclined to ramble incoherently in speech, garrulous.
rave, reeve, reuve, revet, roove, röv, röve, rufe, ruiv, ruive, seam_an_ruive, seam_and_ruive, sem_an_röv, sem_an_ruiv, sem_an_ruv, sem_an_ruve,
ruive [røːv, C. reːv, N. riːv]
n. A burr. A metal washer to which a nail or bolt is clinched. A rivet.
Compounds and phrases etc.
seam and ruive: I.Sh. Used to fasten planks of a boat.
reul, rewl$t, rewled, rooler, roul, rowl, rowle, rowled, rowler, rowlin, ruil, ruiler, rule, rule$t, ruled, ruler, rulin, unrowlie, unrowly, wanrulie, wanrullie, wanruly,
rule [rul]
also MN. rowle [rʌul]
n. A rule.
v. To rule.
pt. pp. rule't, ruled, MN. rowled
Compounds and phrases etc.
ruler MN. rowler: A ruler.
rulin MN. rowlin: Ruling.
wanruly, MN. unrowly: Not amenable to rule or discipline. Disorderly, unmanageable.
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