Part 665 (1/2)

RATCH, _s._ The little auk, Orkn.; _rotch_, Shetl.; _Rotges_, Martin.

_Neill._

RATCHEL, _s._ A hard rocky crust below the soil, S.

Fr. _rochaille_, rocks.

RATH, _adj._ Quick.

V. ~Raith~.

RATH, _adj._ Strange, savage in appearance.

A. S. _rethe_, savage.

_Houlate._

RATIHABITION, _s._ Confirmation; a forensic term, S.

L. B. _ratihabitio_, id.

RATT, RATTE, _s._ A file of soldiers.

_Baillie._

Germ. _rat_, series; Dan. _rad_, a file.

RATTLESCULL, _s._ One who talks much without thinking, S.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

RATT RIME, _s._ Any thing metrical repeated by rote, S.

_Douglas._

E. _rote_; Isl. _rot-a_, circ.u.magere.

RATTS, _s. pl._ A wheel on which criminals are set, after being put to death.

_Dunbar._

Belg. _op een rad gezet_, set upon a wheel.