Note: Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States: S. elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa.
RAIA
Ra"ia, n. Etym: [L., a ray. Cf. Ray the fish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
RAIAE
Ra"iæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Raia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; — called also Rajæ, and Rajii.
RAID
Raid, n. Etym: [Icel. reiedh a riding, raid; akin to E. road. See
Road a way.]
1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. Marauding chief! his sole delight. The moonlight raid, the morning fight. Sir W. Scott. There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids. H. Spenser.
Note: A Scottish word which came into common use in the United States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its application.
2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]
RAID
Raid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raided; p. pr. & vb. n. Raiding.]