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

RATTS, s. pl. A wheel on which criminals are set, after being put to death.
Dunbar.

Belg. op een rad gezet, set upon a wheel.

RATTON, s. A rat, S.
Bellenden.

Gael. radan, Hisp. raton, id.

RAUCHAN, s. A plaid worn by men, S.

Gael. riachan, any thing grey.

RAUCHT, pret. v. Reached.
Douglas.

A. S. rachte, porrigebat.

RAUCHTIR, s. Perh. a rake.
Dunbar.

Gael. racaire, id.