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raivel, raivle, ravel, revel, rile, ryle,
ravel [ˈreːvəl]
n. A rail or railing. A balustrade, parapet, crossbeam.
v. To supply with a railing, to enclose with railings.
raiven, raven, ravenish, ravenous, reven, revin,
raven [ˈreːvən]
n. A ravenous eater.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ravenous also U. ravenish: obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy.
Ravemheuch, Ravenheuch, Ravenshaach, Ravenshauch,
Ravenshauch [ˈreːvnzhɔː]
pn. Ravenshaugh (Renfrew).
Ravensheuch, Ravensheugh,
Ravensheuch [ˈreːvənʃux]
pn. Ravensheugh (East Lothian).
ra, ra$, raa, rah, raw, rawlie, rawly,
raw [rɑː, rɔː, N. I. raː]
adj. Raw, uncouth.
 
rawly
adj. S. Unripe. Of a boy: immature, young. Of weather: damp, chilly, raw.
ra, ra$, ra$ad, raa, raad, rah, raw, raw$d, raw$t, rawed, row,
raw [rɑː, rɔː, N. I. raː]
n. A row. A row of houses of a uniform construction with common gables, a street of such houses. A ridge of ground. A single circular file. A ring of persons.
v. To set up in a row, to arrange in a line.
pt. pp. rawed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gie somebody twa raw: To give someone a double dose of blows.
twa in a raw: Two abreast.
Raaburn, Rawbrun, Rawburn,
Rawburn [ˈrɑːbʌrn, ˈrɑːbrən]
pn. Rawburn.
raan, raanie, raans, rann, rannie, raun, raunie, rawn, rawnie, roan, round, rowan, rowen, rown,
rawn [rɑːn, rɔːn, N. I. raːn]
also S. rowen [ˈrʌu(ə)n]
n. The roe of a fish. NEC. The turbot Scophthalmus maximus. A name for a fragmented or imperfect rainbow.
dim. rawnie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rawner: An unspawned salmon Salmo salar.
owerrax, ower-rax, owre-rax, racksed, raex, rax, raxed, raxin, raxit, raxt, raxter, raxx, raxxed, reck, reks, reksed, rekst, rex, rexed, rexter, wrax, wraxed, wraxxed,
rax [raks]
n. The act of stretching or reaching. A strain, a sprain.
v. To stretch oneself. To stretch or extend a part of the body. Of the hand or arm with oot, ower, forth, in and up etc.: to reach, stretch. To reach or stretch for or to. To strain, sprain. To stretch by pulling, to lengthen by tension, to pull out to length or breadth, extend. To extend in space from one point to another, to reach.
pt. pp. raxt, raxed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
owerrax: To overreach.
raxed: I.Sh. A stiffness in muscles.
raxin: Stretching or reaching.
rax me: A request to pass me something.
rax oot: To stretch out.
rax ower: Reach over.
raxter: A long walk. A tramp for exercise.
 
See reak also.
raed, read, reed, reid, reyd,
read [rid]
n. The fourth stomach of a ruminant. The abomasum. Rennet made from that.

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