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1. To excite, S.
_Burns._
2. To madden; _rais'd_, delirious, S.
Alem. _raiz-en_, irritare; Su. G. _ras-a_, insanire.
RAISE-NET FISHING, allowing the lower part of the net to _rise_ and float with the flowing tide, and to fall down with the ebb, Dumfr.
_Stat. Acc._
RAISS, Ra.s.sE, RASE, RACE, _s._ A strong current in the sea, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _raes_, aestuarium.
RAITH, REATH, _s._ The fourth part of a year, S.
_Ross._
Gael. _ratha_, _raithe_, id.; Su. G. _ret_, Isl. _reit-r_, quadratum quodvis.
RAITH, _adj._
1. Sudden, quick.
_Houlate._
A. S. _hraeth_, celer, Isl. _hradr_, promptus.
2. Ready, prepared.
_Douglas._
~Raith~, _adv._ Quickly.
A. S. _rath_, id.
_Doug._
RAIVEL, _s._ A rail, S.
Fr. _verre-vel_, id.
_To_ RAK, _v. a._ To reach.
_Montgomerie._
A. S. _raec-an_, Su. G. _raeck-a_, id.
_To_ RAK, REK, _v. a._ To regard.
_Doug._
A. S. _rec-an_, Isl. _raek-ia_, curare.
~Rak~, _s._ Care.
V. ~Raik~.
RAK, RAWK, ROIK, ROOK, _s._ A thick mist or fog, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _rak-ur_, humidus; Teut. _roock_, vapor.
RAK, RAWK, _s._ The rheum which distils from the eyes during sleep, S.
B.
Isl. _hrak_, rejectaneum quid.
_Rudd._
RAK, RAWK, _s._ The greenish sc.u.m on stagnated water, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
RACK, _s._ A shock; a blow.
_Douglas._
Isl. _rek-a_, _hreck-ia_, propellere, quatere.
RAK-SAUCH, _s._ A reproachful term; q. applied to one who deserves to _rack_, or stretch, a withy.
