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

Fr. rentraire, id.

2. To darn in a coarse manner, Ang.

RANTY-TANTY, s. A weed which grows among corn with a reddish leaf, S. B.
Ritson.

RANTLE-TREE, RANDLE-TREE, s.
1. The beam which extends across a chimney, on which the crook is suspended, S. Ran-tree, Fife.
Journ. Lond.

Sw. rundel, a round building.

2. The end of a rafter or beam.
Gl. Shirr.

Su. G. rand, extremity, and tilia, A. S. thil, a joist.

3. A tall raw-boned person, S. A.
Mannering.

RANTREE, s.
V. [Rountree].

RAP, RAPE, s. A rope.
V. [Raip].