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hands, and so carrying her between them. When a boy is so carried the 
term used is King’s-cushion. N. & S.W. 
*Quile. A heap of hay ready for carrying. Fr. eweiller. N.W. (Cherhill.) 
Quill. Add:—Probably connected with Hants quill-wp, to gush up as a 
spring. It would therefore appear to mean current or tide. 
R. Add :—Transpositions frequently occur, as erwds, curds; eruddle, to 
curdle; girn, to grin; girt, great; gird’l, a great deal; hin, to run. 
Rack. (1) Add :—On Exmoor the wild deer always cross a wall or hedge at 
the same spot. The gap thus formed is called a ‘‘ rack.” See Red Deer, 
ch. iv. 
Rafty. Add :—Rusty is not from rust, but is probably connected with veezed, 
spoilt by over-keeping. (Rev. A. Smythe-Palmer.) 
*Randin. Riotous living. N.W. (Malmesbury). 
*Randy. (1) A noisy merry-making. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
(2) ‘On the randy,” living in a riotous or immoral manner. N.W. 
Rank, Ronk. Audacious, “Hands off! Thee bist a bit too ronk!” N.W. 
Ray-sieve. Add :—Also Rayen-sieve on Dors. bord. 
Reeve. To draw into wrinkles. N.W. (Malmesbury, Clyffe, etc.) 
Reneeg. Add :—In Ireland a horse refusing a fence would be said to renage. 
See Whyte-Melville’s Satanella, ch. i., p. 7. 
*Rhine (pronounced Reen). A water-course. This isa Som. word. N.W, 
(Malmesbury.) 
*Rig. To climb up upon, or bestride anything, either in sport or wantonness. 
Also a Som. use of the word. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Rinnick. This should have been defined as “The smallest and worst pig of 
a litter.’ Sometimes abbreviated into Nurk. ef North of England 
Rannack, a worthless fellow. 
Ropey. Add :—This is caused by a kind of second fermentation. 
Rough Music. The same as Housset and Skimmenton. N. & S.W. 
Rowey. Rough. See Rowetty. 
*Rowless-thing. In the Diary of the Parliamentary Committee at Fal- 
stone House, S. Wilts, 1646-7, this curious phrase frequently occurs, ap- 
parently meaning waste and unprofitable land. It is once applied to a 
living. Several forms of it are used, as Rowlass-thing, Rowlist-thing, 
and Rowless-thing. We have been unable to trace the word elsewhere, so 
that it may possibly be of local origin. 
“George Hascall is become tenant for a Rowlass thing called Dawes- 
Frowd, land of Lord Arundell and estated out to Mrs Morley a recusant 
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