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

Complaynt S.

RONE, s. Sheep-skin dressed so as to appear like goat-skin; S. roan.
Wynt.

Perh. from Roan, Rohan, in France; like cordovan, from Cordova.

RONE, RON, s.
1. A shrub.
Wallace.

Isl. runn, a bush or shrub.

2. Brushwood.
Henrysone.

RONE, s. A coarse substance adhering to flax, which, in hackling, is scraped off with a knife, Perths.

Isl. hrion, roughness.

RONE, s. The mountain-ash.
V. [Rountree].
Maitland P.

RONE, s. A run of ice, S.
Lyndsay.