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

Rigging, Riggin, s.
1. The back, S.
Doug.
2. The ridge of a house, S.
Ross.

Riggin-tree, s. The roof-tree, S.

Sw. tak-ryggen, the ridge of a house; A. S. hricg, fastigium.

RIGLAN, RIGLAND, s. An animal half castrated, S.
Pop. Ball.

RIG-MARIE, s. A base coin, Loth. Dumfr.
Watson.

From the words Reg. Maria, on one of the billon coins of Queen Mary.

RIGWIDDIE, s. The rope or chain that crosses the back of a horse when yoked in a cart, S.

Rig, back, and widdie, a twig.

RYK, RYKE, adj.
1. Potent.
Wyntown.
2. Rich.
Wallace.

Moes. G. reiks, A. S. rica, princeps.