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

2. A kind of street.
V. [Rew].
3. Parallel ridges, S. B.
Ramsay.

RAWMOUD, adj. Beardless, simple; q. raw-mouthed.
Kennedy.

To RAX, v. n.
1. To extend the limbs, S.
Minstr. Bord.
2. To make efforts to attain.
Ramsay.

Rax, s. The act of stretching, S.
Morison.

A. Bor. wrax, id.

Raxes, s. pl. Andirons, S.
Ramsay.

READ FISH.
V. [Reid Fische].

READILY, adv. Probably.
Baillie.

REAKE, REAK, s. A trick, a prank, S. A.
Z. Boyd.
To play reakes, to play tricks.

Isl. hreck-r, dolus; nequitia.