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rabblach, rabble, raiblach, raible,
raible [rebl]
n. A rabble. A disorderly outpouring of words or noises, a rigmarole, an incoherent discourse, nonsensical talk. A carelessly erected wall or building etc. A confused or ruinous mass.
v. To mob, to assault an individual with overwhelming numbers. To utter a torrent of words, to talk or read hastily and indistinctly, to gabble, to speak nonsensically, rave.
Compounds and phrases etc.
raiblach [ˈrebləx]: Someone who talks incoherently or nonsensically.
rade, raid, raider, raidin,
raid [red]
n. A mounted foray, a predatory expedition on horseback.
Compounds and phrases etc.
raider: A raider.
raidish, reddish, redish,
raidish [ˈredɪʃ, ˈrɛdɪʃ]
n. A radish.
pl. raidishes
irraiglar, raglar, raiglar, reglar, rigular, unraiglar, unregular,
raiglar [ˈreglər]
adj. Regular.
adv. Regularly,
Compounds and phrases etc.
irraiglar, unraiglar: adj. Irregular. adv. Irregularly.
irraiglarity: irregularity.
raag, rag, raik, raiken, raikin, raikit, rake, rakin, rakit, rakk, reck, rek,
raik [rek]
n. A journey, a long or tiring walk. A journey to or fro over a fixed route for a specified purpose. As much as can be carried in one load. A stretch of river used for salmon-fishing.
v. To move with speed, to cover the ground quickly. To journey, to go, to walk, stroll, to go in an aimless desultory way, to gad about, rove. To range over, to wander through. To work energetically and speedily. To plough through a task.
pt. pp. raikit
Compounds and phrases etc.
bere-meal-raik: A fruitless errand.
on raik: In sequence.
on the raik, raikin: Wandering idly around, on the scrounge.
rail, railin, railwey, railwye,
rail [rel]
n. A rail.
v. To fit a stair with a hand-rail.
Compounds and phrases etc.
railin: A hand-rail.
railwey: A railway.
rain, rainba, rainboo, rainbou, rainbowe, rainbro, raindrap, rainy, rane, ranebow, rehn, rehndrap, ren, renn, reyn, rine, sma$_rain, sma_rain, smaw_rain,
rain [reɛn, rɛːn, MN. rəin]
n. Rain.
rainy
adj. Rainy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
rainbowe: A rainbow.
raindrap: A raindrop.
rainin: Raining.
scuff o rain: A sudden passing shower.
smaw rain: A thick drizzly mist.
rain, ren,
rain [ren, rɛn]
v. I.Sh. To glare.
raing, rang,
raing [ˈreŋ, ˈraŋ]
n. A rank, file, row.
v. To draw up in order or arrange.
crackraip, crack-raip, jimpin-raip, jumpin-raip, jumpin-rope, jumpin-ropes, raep, raip, raipit, rape, reap, rep, rop, ropp, sweeng-raip, swing-raip, swing-rope, thoum-raip,
raip [rep, rɛp]
n. A rope. A clothes-line.
v. To twist straw or hay into ropes. NN.b. To sew roughly in making a temporary mend.
pt. pp. raipit
Compounds and phrases etc.
bag-raip: MN. A thick double rope of straw round the eaves of a stack when thatched.
bridlin raips: Ropes which hold down the thatch on stacks.
bush raip [bʌʃ-]: The rope to which drift nets are attached.
cork raip: A fishing rope with corks at regular intervals.
crack-raip: arch. A gallows bird, a rogue.
jimpin-raip: Skipping rope.
smaw raip: A fishing rope at the foot of the net.
sweeng-raip: A hawser.
thack and raip: A thatch covering for a house.
thoum-raip: Thumb rope.
trail the raip: A halloween custom whereby a straw rope is dragged around the house as part of a spell.
wap or whaup in the raip: A snag, a drawback, an unforseen difficulty.
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