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

Su. G. rep-a, to reap; and gerna, greedily; Isl. girn-a, cupere; q. what is reaped with great eagerness.

RAPLACH, RAPLACK, RAPLOCK, REPLOCH, s. Coarse woollen cloth, homespun, and not dyed, S.
Lyndsay.

Su. G. rep-a, vellere, and lock, cirrus; q. the lock of wool, as plucked from the animal.

Raploch, adj. Coarse.
Burns.

To RAPPLE up, v. a. To do work in a hurried and imperfect manner, S. B.

Isl. hrap-a, festinare.

To RARE, RAIR, v. n. To roar.

A. S. rar-an, id.

Wyntown.

Rare, Rair, s.
1. A roar.
Lyndsay.
2. A loud report of any kind, S.