Glossary.
Letter R
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- RABATO
- a ruff
- RABBIT-SUCKER
- a weasel
- RACE
- breed; inherited nature
- RACK
- wreck
- RACK
- to enhance the price of anything
- To drive as clouds
- RAG
- a term of contempt applied to persons
- RAKE
- to cover
- RAPT
- transported with emotion
- RAPTURE
- a fit
- RASCAL
- a lean deer
- RASH
- quick, violent
- RATE
- opinion, judgment
- RATE
- to assign, to value
- To scold
- RATOLORUM
- a ludicrous mistake for Rotulorum
- RAUGHT
- past tense of reach
- RAVIN
- ravenous
- RAVIN
- to devour
- RAWLY
- inadequately
- RAWNESS
- unprovided state
- RAYED
- arrayed, served
- RAZED
- slashed
- REAR-MOUSE
- the bat
- REBATE
- to deprive of keenness
- REBECK
- a three-stringed fiddle
- RECEIPT
- money received
- RECEIVING
- capacity
- RECHEAT
- a point of the chase to call back the hounds
- RECORD
- to sing
- RECORDER
- a flute
- RECURE
- to cure, recover
- RED-LATTICE
- suitable to an ale-house, because ale-houses had commonly red lattices
- RED-PLAGUE
- erysipelas
- REDUCE
- to bring back
- REECHY
- smoky, dirty
- REFELL
- to refute
- REFER
- to reserve to
- REGIMENT
- government
- REGREET
- a salutation
- REGREET
- to salute
- REGUERDON
- requital
- RELATIVE
- applicable
- REMEMBER
- to remind
- REMORSE
- pity
- REMORSEFUL
- full of pity, compassionate
- REMOTION
- removal
- REMOVED
- sequestered, remote
- RENDER
- to describe you
- RENDER
- account
- RENEGE
- to renounce, to deny
- REPAIR
- to renovate, comfort
- REPEAL
- to reverse the sentence of exile. Two
- Gentlemen of Verona
- REPROOF
- confutation
- REPUGN
- to resist
- REQUIEM
- mass for the dead, so called because it begins with the words, Requiem eternam dona eis, Domine
- RESOLVE
- to satisfy
- To dissolve
- RESPECT
- consideration
- RESPECTIVE
- respectful, thoughtful
- RESPECTIVE
- corresponding
- RESPECTIVELY
- respectfully
- RETAILED
- handed down
- RETIRE
- retreat
- RETIRE
- to draw back
- REVERB
- to echo
- REVOLT
- a rebel
- RIB
- to enclose as within ribs
- RID
- to destroy
- RIFT
- to split
- to split
- RIFT
- a split
- RIGGISH
- wanton
- RIGOL
- a circle
- RIPE
- drunk
- RIVAGE
- the shore
- RIVAL
- a partner
- RIVALITY
- equal rank
- RIVE
- to fire
- ROAD
- the high road, applied to a common woman
- ROISTING
- roistering, violent
- ROMAGE
- unusual stir
- RONVON
- a term of contempt applied to a woman
- ROOD
- the crucifix
- ROOK
- a cheater
- ROPERY
- roguery
- ROPE-TRICKS
- tricks such as are played by a rope-dancer
- ROUND
- to whisper
- To become great with child
- to finish off
- ROUND
- a diadem
- ROUND
- unceremonious
- ROUNDEL
- a dance or song
- ROUNDURE
- an enclosure
- ROUSE
- carousal
- ROYNISH
- mangy
- RUBIOUS
- ruddy
- RUDDOCK
- the redbreast
- RUSH
- to push
- RUSHLING
- rustling