Ray-sieve. n. A sieve used to get the dust out of horses' chaff. Rayen-sieve on Dorset bord.—N.W.
Reams. See Raims.
Reap-hook. The 'rip-hook' is a short-handled hook without teeth, the blade bent beyond the square of the handle; used to cut to the hand a handful at a time (D.). The old reaping-sickle was toothed or serrated. See Hal. s.v. Hook.
Red Bobby's eye. Geranium Robertianum, L., Herb-Robert.—S.W. (Redlynch.)
Red Fiery Bang-tail. See Bang-tail.
Red Robin Hood. Lychnis diurna, Sibth., Red Campion.—S.W. (Zeals.)
Red-Robins. Lychnis diurna, Sibth., Red Campion.—N. & S.W.
Red-weed. Red Poppy (D.). The only name for Papaver Rhoeas, &c., used about Salisbury and Warminster, Digitalis being the 'Poppy' of those parts. One of our oldest plant-names.—N. & S.W.
Reed. Unthreshed and unbroken straw reserved for thatching (S.). A Somerset and Devon word. 'Reed' is seldom used in Wilts, where ordinary threshed straw, made up into 'elms,' is the common material.—S.W.