An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To RAIF, v. n. To rave.
Douglas.

Belg. rev-en, Fr. resv-er.

To RAIK, RAKE, RAYK, REYKE, v. n.
1. To range, S.
Douglas.
2. To move expeditiously, S.
Sir Gawan.
3. To raik on raw, to march in order.
Douglas.
4. To be copious in discourse.
Dunbar.

Su. G. rek-a, to roam; rak-a, to go swiftly.

Raik, Rayk, Rake, s.
1. The extent of a course or walk, S.

Hence, sheep-raik, and cattle-raik, S.
Wyntown.
2. A swift pace.
Ross.
3. The act of carrying from one place to another, S.
Henrysone.
4. The extent of fishing ground, S. B.
Act Concil.
5. Tongue-raik, elocution, flow of language, S. B.

RAIK, RAK, RACK, s. Care, reckoning. Quhat raik? what do I care for it? S.
Lyndsay.

A. S. recce, cura, O. E. reck.

RAIL, s. A woman's jacket, S. B.
Gl. Sibb.

Belg. ryglyf, a boddice stays.