Rampeth, pr. s. (lit. ramps, romps, rears, but here) rages, acts with violence, B 3094. We should now say—'She flies in my face.' The following quotation, in which rampe means an ill-conditioned woman, a romp, is much to the purpose. 'A woman ought not to striue with her husbonde, nor yeue him no displeasaunce nor ansuere her husbonde afore straungers like a rampe, with gret uelonis [felon's] wordes, dispraising him and setting hym atte not [at naught].'—The Knight of la Tour-Landry, ed. Wright, p. 25.
Rancour, s. ill-feeling, ill-will, malice, R. 1261; A 2732, E 432, 747, 802, H 97, I 550, 552.
Ranke, adj. pl. rank, I 913.
Ransake, ger. to ransack, search thoroughly, A 1005; Ransaked, pt. s. ransacked, came searching out, 4, 28.
Rape, s. haste, 8. 7. Icel. hrap, a falling down.
Rape, v.; in phrase rape and renne, corrupted from an older phrase repen and rīnen (A.S. hrepian and hrīnan), i.e. handle and touch, clutch and seize (see note), G 1422.
Rascaille, s. mob, T. v. 1853. A.F. rascaille; see Rascal in my Etym. Dict. and in the Supplement.
Rasour, s. razor, A 2417, B 3246; HF. 690; L. 2654.
Rated, pp. reproved, scolded, A 3463. Short for arated, variant of aretted; see Arette.