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rasch, rash, rashan, rashin,
rash [raʃ]
n. A clashing noise. A clatter. A sudden downpour.
v. To rush with violent impetus, or great haste. Of rain: to pour, come down in torrents, lash.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rashin: Rushing. A rush. Rain poring in great torrents.
raschen, rash, rash-buss, rashen, rasher, rashes, rashie, rashin, rashy, reashes, reis, resh, reshes, ring_rasher, roshin, rush, rushie,
rash [raʃ(ər), S. rɛʃ(ər)]
also rasher, thrash [θraʃ, θrɛʃ]
n. A rush of the species Juncus.
pl. rashes
n. A mat of rushes or straw. A string or cord made of plaited rushes.
 
rashie [raʃi, S. rɛʃi]
adj. Covered or overgrown with rushes. Made of or consisting of rushes. Course, rough-fibered.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rash-buss: A bush of rashes.
rashen: Made of or consisting of rushes.
ring rasher: U. The reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus.
Rasmar, Rasme, Rasmie,
Rasmar [I.Sh. ˈrasmər]
n. Shetland form of the Personal name Erasmus.
dim. Rasmie
rasp, rasps, rausp,
rasp [rasp]
n. The raspberry Rubus idaeus and its fruit. A mole, a mother's mark, a naevus.
ratch, ratchit, ratcht,
ratch [ratʃ]
n. A scratch, a line.
v. To damage by rough usage, to tear, lacerate, scratch.
pt. pp. ratcht adj. ratchit Damaged, etc.
ratch, ratchie, rotch, rotche, rotchey, rotchie,
ratch [ratʃ]
n. The little auk Alle alle.
dim. ratchie
owerrate, owrerate, rate,
rate [ret]
n. A rate. pl.rates
v. To assign a rank or rating to.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
owerrate: To overrate.
at nae rate: Not under any circumstances, by no means.
rashen, rashens, ration,
ration [ˈraʃən]
n. A ration.
rattelt, rattle, rattled, rattlt, rettle, rettled, roitl, rottel, rottle, rutl, rutle, ruttle, snap_and_rattle, snap-an-rattle,
rattle [ratl]
also I.Sh. ruttle
n. A sharp blow or impact, a thump, buffet, crash. The spoken burr. A heap of loose stones, the debris of a cliff or hillside.
v. To strike or beat repeatedly. T speak with a burr. To do anything with great haste.
pt. pp. rattelt
 
ruttle [rʌtl]
v. I.Sh. To bubble or rattle like a kettle boiling.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rattle up: To knit, sew or build etc. with energy and speed usually implying carelessness.
snap and rattle: Toasted oatcakes crumbled in milk.
rattan, rattans, ratten, ratton, ratton-faw, rattons, rot, rots, rottan, rottans, rottin, rottins, rotton, rottons, rottun,
ratton [ˈrɑtən]
also NEC. SN. MN. rotton [ˈrotən]
n. A rat.
pl. rattons, rottons
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ratton-faw: A rat trap.
grund ratton: The brown rat Rattus norvegicus.
ruif ratton: The black rat Rattus rattus.

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