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rae, ray,
rae [reː]
n. A sailyard.
ra$en, raen,
raen [re(ə)n]
n. The raven Corvus corax.
Raenstrie, Renstrie, Renstry, Resnstrie,
Raenstrie [ˈrenstri, ˈrɛnstri]
pn. Ravenstruther (South Lanarkshire).
raave, rafaree, raff, raffie, raffy, rav, riv,
raff [raf, I.Ork. rav]
n. Plenty, rank growth. Worthless stuff, rubbish. I.Ork. A drizzle.
 
raffie [rafi]
adj. Abundant, generous, well-supplied.
Raffan, Raffen, Raffin,
Raffen [ˈrafən, ˈrafɪn]
pn. Rathven (Moray).
raft,
raft [raft]
n. A rafter. A tall thin person.
gled-rags, raag, rachle, rag, ragabasch, ragabash, ragabrash, ragabus, ragabush, rag-a-buss, ragger, raggetie, raggit, raggitie, raggity, raggle, ragglish, rags, raig, reg,
rag [rag]
n. A rag. A rough projection after sawing. A lean or scraggy person.
pl. rags NN.b. The ragged-robin Lychnis flos-cuculi.
v. To scold severely.
pt. pp. raggit adj. Ragged.
 
raggle [ˈragl]
v. To cut unevenly or jaggedly. To throw out of alignment, make a line or row ragged.
pt. pp. raggelt adj. Straggling, irregular, ragged.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gled-rags: col. Fancy clothes.
ragabash: A good for nothing, raggy, a motley crew.
rag-a-tag: I.Sh. The ragged-robin Lychnis flos-cuculi.
ragger: A ragman. A whetstone.
raggitie [ˈragɪti]: adj. Ragged.
ragglish [-lɪʃ]: Erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change, uneven, straggling, higgledy-piggledy. Of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain. Of people: wild, unreliable, undisciplined.
raag, rag, ragg, ragger, raggle, ragglie, raggly,
rag [I. rag]
also raggle, ragger
n. A wet mist, a drizzle. A light drifting.
 
raggly
adj. Wet and misty.
rage, ragey, ragie, ragin, raige, raigie,
rage [redʒ]
n. Rage.
v. To rage, to scold, berate.
 
ragie [ˈredʒi]
adj. Raging, scolding.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ragin: A scolding.
Raholp,
Raholp [rəˈhɔlp]
pn. Raholp (County Down).

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