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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt:...r 31 Reape-maker, a rope-maker, r 23 Reaue, v. to snatch, tear (from), rob, d 24, p 47, r 6 Red, v. to separate, d 23 Reddar, an arbiter; a reddar of piaies, an umpire of sports, s 28 Regrator, a retail-dealer, mil RcQc, smoke, vapour, f 41, v 2 Remeid, remedy, 116 Resh, a rush, i 24 Rewar. See Sea-rewar. Rickled vp, pp. piled up loosely, m 1 Rinche, v. to rinse, cleanse, p 14 Roire, v. to roar, r 33 Rost, v. to roast, t 24 Rotton, a rat, s 41 Rowping, sale by auction; rovping of geare, a sale of property by auction, a 52 Rowst, rust, r 32 Rowstie, adj. rusty, s 14 Rowt, a rout or crowd of people, t 2S Rowt, v. to bellow, m 30 Rug to one, v. to seize for oneself, a44 Rynd, rind, bark of a tree, 1 15 Saile-stone, the stone for sailing by, i. e. the lodestone, magnet, m 7 Salmond, a salmon, s 6; Sal mem trowt, s 5 Salue, a salve, medicine, p 23 Sanct, a saint, i 8 Sangster, a songster, singer, o 12 Sark, a shirt, i 22 Sawce, a sauce, e 7 Sawch-tree, a willow-tree, s 8 Sawster, a sausage, f 10 Scaills, «. pi. scales; scaills of the heade, scurf on the head, f 49 Schaip, shape, e 8 Schoone, s. pi. shoes, c 20 Scrab-aple,the fruit of the arbutus, v22 Scrog, a shrub, f 36 Scudler, a drudge, 1 24 Scuffe, v. to evade (1), to graze lightly (?) e 4 Scullion, a drudge, 1 24 Sea-craig, a sea-crag, rock, s 22 Sea-maw, a sea-mew, gull, a 14 Sesi-rewar, a sea-rover, pirate, p 27 Seathe, v. to boil, e 16. See Seith. Seik, adj. sick, 1 1 Seith, v. to boil, b 8; Scathe, e 16 Shaumg, a shaving; apparently, a fretting of the skin, i 21 Sheephirde, a shepherd, p 6 Sheer, v. to reap, m 21 Sheerer, a reaper, m 23 Sheers, shears, f 28 Ship-rae, the yard of a ship, sail-yard, a 37 Shoole, a shovel, 1 22 Shoone, s. pi. shoes; d 25, p 17 Short-ended, adj. short of breath, short-...