Defn: To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
RALLY
Ral"ly, n.
Defn: Good-humored raillery.
RALPH
Ralph, n.
Defn: A name sometimes given to the raven.
RALSTONITE
Ral"ston*ite, n. Etym: [So named after J. G. Ralston of Norristown,
Penn.] (Min.)
Defn: A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.
RAM Ram, n. Etym: [AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram, Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong.]
1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
2. (Astron.) (a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. (b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.