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RABATO, sub. a kind of ruff
RABBIT-SUCKER, sub. a sucking rabbit
RACE, sub. a root
RACK, v. i. to move about as the clouds do; sub. a
cloud, a mass of floating clouds
RAG, sub. a beggarly person
RAGED, pt. p. chafed
RAGING-WOOD, adj. raving mad
RAKE-UP, v. t. to bury, to cover up
RAMPALLIAN, sub. a term of low abuse
RAMPING, pt. p. rampant
RAMPS, sub. wanton wenches
RANGE, v. t. to dispose in order
34; sub. ranks of an army
RANK, adj. swollen; sub. perhaps pace
RAP, v. t. to transport
RAPTURE, sub. violent motion; violent tossing
RASCAL, sub. a deer too lean to be hunted
RAVEL, v. t. to unravel
RAVIN, adj. ravening; v. t. to devour greedily
RAVINED, pt. p. gorged with prey
RAYED, pt. p. befouled; afflicted, or perhaps defiled
RAZE, sub. root, perhaps a package
RAZED, part. adj. slashed
RAZURE, sub. erasure
REBATE, v. t, to blunt
RECHEAT, sub. hunting, term, a set of notes
sounded to call the dogs off from a wrong
scent
RECORD v. t. to sing
RECORDER, sub. a kind of flute
RECOURSE, sub. frequent flowing
RECOVER THE WIND, to get the windward of the
game, so as to drive it into a toil
REDE, sub. advice, counsel
RED-LATTICE, sub. the window of an ale-house,
used adjectively
REDUCE, v. t. to bring back
REED, adj. piping
REEKY, adj. filthy
REFELL, v. t. to refute
REGIMENT, sub. rule.
REGION, sub. the sky, the upper air
REJOURN, v. t. to adjourn
RBMEDIATE, adj. medicinal
REMEMBER, v. t. to remind
REMORSE, sub. pity
REMORSEFUL, adj. compassionate
RENDER, v. t. to account; v. i. to surrender; sub. a
surrender; account, statement
RENEGE, v. t. to deny
RENT, v. t. to rend, to tear
RENYING, pr. p. denying
REPASTURE, sub. food [Armado's verses]
RERE-MICE, sub. bats
REPLENISHED, part. adj. consummate
REPLICATION, sub. echo, reverberation; answer
REPRISAL, sub. prize
REPROBATION, sub. perdition
REPUGN, v. t. to oppose
REPUGNANCY, sub. opposition
RESOLVE, v. t. to dissolve; to free from doubt; to
answer
RESPECT, sub. consideration
RESPECTIVE, adj. careful
RESPECTIVELY, adv. particularly
'REST, v. t. to arrest
REST, sub.' to set up one's,' a phrase in a game
at cards, to stand upon the cards in one's
hand, to fully make up one's mind
RESTY, adj. lazy, slothful
REVOLT, sub. a rebel
RIBAUDRED, adj. ribald
RID, v. t. to make away with
RIGGISH, adj. wanton
RIGOL, sub. a circle
RIM [O. Ed. RYMME], sub. the abdomen
RIVAGE, sub. shore
RIVAL, sub. partner
RIVELLED, pt. adj. wrinkled
Rivo, interj. of doubtful meaning, a bacchanalian
exclamation
ROAD, sub. a prostitute; a roadstead; a journey; an
incursion
ROBUSTIOUS, adj. rough
ROCKED, pt. p. trembled, shook
ROGUING, adj. vagrant, roaming
ROISTING, adj. bold, bullying, defiant
HOMAGE, sub. bustle, tumultuous hurry
RONDURE, sub. circle
RONYON, sub. scurvy wretch
ROOK, v. t. to cower
ROOKY, adj. misty, gloomy, or else full of crows
ROOTED, pt. p. learned by heart
ROPERY, sub. roguery
ROPE-TRICKS, sub. knavish tricks
ROPING, pt. adj. dripping [Comp. DOWN-ROPING.]
ROTHER, sub. an ox
ROUND, adj. plain, honest; v. i. to grow big; sub. a
circle; v. t. to whisper; to surround; to finish off
ROUNDEL, sub. a dance; rung of a ladder
ROUND WITH, BE, speak freely with
ROUNDLY, adv. plainly, directly
ROUNDURE, sub. circuit[Comp. RONDURE.]
ROUSE, sub. a free and deep draught
ROUT, sub. the crowd, the mob; brawl
ROYNISH, adj. scurvy, coarse
RUB, sub. a term in the game of bowls, an im-
pediment
RUBIOUS, adj. red, ruby-like
RUDDOCK, sub. the redbreast
RUDESBY, sub. rude fellow
RUFFLE, v. t. to be boisterous; stir, bustle
RUG-HEADED, adj. rough-headed
RUINATE, v. t. to ruin
RULE, sub. behaviour
RUMP-FED, adj. pampered, or else fed on offal
RUNAGATE, sub. vagabond
RUNNING BANQUET, a hasty refreshment
RUSH ASIDE, push aside
RUTH, sub. pity
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