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Rhaa. Hungry, ravenous. See Rhan. N.W. (ClyfEe Pypard, rarely.) 



Khan (pronounced Rhaan). To eat voraciously. Kiorvaoi raven. Cf. West 

 of Eng. ranish, ravenous. S.W. 



Khine. Add -. — Mr. Powell mentions a Wiltshire poem, which begins : — 

 " There once were a frog that lived in a ditch, 

 Or 'twere may be a rheen, it don't matter which." 



Ridge-tie. A back chain for shafts. S.W. 



Rig". Add: — "To rig about" is commonly used in S. Wilts of children 



clambering about on wood-piles, walls, etc. 

 Rough. (1) Add: — " There, she was took rough as it might be uv a Monday, 



and afore Tuesday sundown she was gone, a-sufferin' awful." — The Story 



of Dick, viii., 85. 



*Round-tail. v. To clip the dirty locks of wool ofB the tail and legs of 

 sheep, previously to shearing. Very commonly used in many parts of the 

 county. N. & S.W . 



*Round-tailingS. The locks so dipt, which are washed and dried, and 

 usually sold at half-price. N.W. 



Row] ess-thing. Add :— Sir Fras Dowse, of Wallop, is said to have been 

 possessed of "another iking called the Broyl l£rueIlii=:woods'] of Colling, 

 bourne." See Wiltshire Cov)j}ounders, Wilts Arch Mac/., xniv., 58. In 

 the New Forest a " rough " is a kind of enclosure. " Philips promised to 

 feed the horse in a ' rough ' or enclosure .... which was well fenced 

 in, but the bank foundered and the animal got out." — /Salisbury Journal, 

 Aug. 5th, 1893. 



Rough Band. A housett. See Wilts Arch. Mag., i. 88. 

 Rubbly. adj. Of soil, loose from being full of broken bits of chalk. 

 {Agric. Survey.) 



Rumpum-Scrumpum. A rude kind of musical instrument, made of a 

 piece of board, with an old tin tied across it as a bridge, over which the 

 strings are strained. It is played like a banjo, or sometimes with a sort of 

 fiddle-bow. N.W. (ClyfEe Pypard.) 



Sar. Add :— S.W. 



Sauf. Add :— S.W. 



Scaut. (2) Add :-S.W. 



Scoop (? Scope). Allowance or start in a race, etc.. "How much scoop be 

 you a going to gie I ? " " Alwaies dyd shroud and cut theyre fuel for that 

 purpose along all the Eaage on Brayden's syde alwaies taking as much skoop 

 from the hedge as a man could through [throw] a hatchet." — Fer ambulation 



