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Rhniwic appearing in Ptolemy, nearly in its proper pofition, 

 as a province. See OiiDirouu. 



The province of Agimere in. general (iec Agimi;kk) has 

 ever been tlie country of the Rajpoots ; that is, the warrior 

 tribe among the Hindoos, and which are noticed in Arrian 

 and Diodoriis ; and Cheitore, or Oudijxjur, (conlidered by 

 Rennell as fynonimous,) is, in his opinion, reckoned tlie 

 lirll among the Rajpoot ftates. (See CiiKi roiiK.) From 

 tlie Ayin Acbarce we derive fome new ideas refpe61:ing the 

 divifion of the foiibah of Agimere. It confifted at that 

 time of three grand diviiions, Marwar, Meywar, and Ha- 

 dowty (or Nagore) ; and theic contained Icven circars or 

 fnbdivifions, Agimere, Cheitore, Rantampour, Joudypour, 

 Sirowy, Nagore, and Beykecner (or Bicaneer). Marwar, 

 as including the circar and fortrefs of Agimere, has become 

 almoll lynonnnou's with Agimere, in common acceptation. 

 The extent of this province, as given by the fame book, is 

 l6f> coffes, or about 320 Britifli miles, from E. to W. ; 

 and 150 coffes, or 285 Britidi miles, from N. to S. Such 

 is the province of the Rajpoots. From the indulgence 

 granted to this tribe throughout India, v'fz,. that of feeding 

 on <i-oats' fledi, it may be inferred, fays Rennell, that the 

 culiom originated in this mountainous country. The grain 

 cultivated there is chiefly of the dry kind. The taxes 

 amounted, in the time of Acbar, to no more than a feventh 

 or eighth of the produce of the harvcll. Rcnnell's Me- 

 moir. 



RAJPOOTS, the inhabitants of Rajpootana ; which 

 fee. They were not confined entirely to the foubah of 

 Agimere ; as fome inferior tribes of them are fettled in 

 Bundelcund, and in Gurry-Mundella. Others, according 

 to Thevenot, are fettled in Moultan ; and indeed he repre- 

 fents Moultan as the original country of the Kuttries, from 

 whom the Rajpoots fprung. 



The Kuttries or Catries, who formed a particular feci of 

 Hhidoos at Moultan, were the Catheri of Uiodorus, and 

 the Catl'.ei of Arrian, with whom Alexander carried on war, 

 on the borders of the Malli. The Rajpoots are ordinarily 

 divided into two tribes or claffos, ii/'s. thofe of Rathore, 

 and Chohan or Seefodya. Marwar, or the N.W. divifion 

 of Agimere, is the proper country of the former ; and 

 Meywar, or Oudipour, of the latter. The Rathore tribe 

 were originally the moft numerous of the two ; and it has 

 been faid by colonel Dow, among others, that the Mahratta 

 chiefs had their origin from the Rathore tribe : and in proof 

 of this it has been alleged, that the etymology of the name 

 Mahratta has been deduced from Rathore, prelixing to it 

 " maha," or great. (See Mahkatta.) The Rajpoots 

 are reprefented by Thevenot as having fprcad from Moul- 

 tan, their proper country, over all the Indies. Diodorus 

 Siculus dillinguiflies them by the culiom of their women 

 burning themlelves ahve, on the funeral piles of their huf- 

 baiids ; which is indeed a culiom among them, as well as 

 fome other Hindoos, at this day. Rennell. 



RAJFOUR, a town ot Bengal, on the bank of the 

 Ganges; 10 miles N.N.E. of Curruckdeagh. 



RAISE, in the Manege, is ufed for working. See 

 Raising. 



Raise is likewife ufed for placing a horfe's head right, and 

 making him carry well, and hindering him to carry low, or 

 to arm himfelf. 



Raise TacLs and Sheets, in Sei Language, the order to 

 let them go in the article of tacking, that the fails may be 

 fet on the contrary tack they were on before. 

 To K.Kisv.afietre. SeeSiEGE. 

 RAISED Ams. Sec Air. 

 Raiskd Plan. See Px-AX. 

 Vol. XXIX. 



RAISEEN, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Malwa ; 15 miks S. of Bilfah. N. lat. 2?" 16'. E. lone. 

 77° 49'- ... 



RAISER, in Buildhig, a board fet on edge under the 

 forefide of a Hep, a Hair, &:c. See Stair, &c. 



RAISIN, ill Geography, a river of America, which 

 runs into lake Michigan, N. lat. 43° 12'. W. long. 8y°4z'. 

 — Alfo, A river of America, which runs into lake Erie, 

 N. lat. 43° zo'. W. long. 82° 55'. 



Raisin IJland, a fmall ifland in lake St. Francis. N. 

 lat. 45° 6'. W. long. 74^27'. 



Ralsin, or Raifen, Market, a fmall market-town in the 

 call divifion of the wapentake of Walfhcroft, parts of 

 Lindfey, and county of I.,incoln, England, is fituatcd on 

 the banks of the river Raifen, whence it derives its name, at 

 the dillance of 15 miles N.K. from Lincoln, and 141^ miles 

 N.W. from London. According to the population returns 

 of 181 1, it contains 164 houfes, and 964 inhabitants. 

 Here is a weekly market on Thurfday, and there are fairs 

 every alternate Tucfday, after Palm Sunday, and on the 

 25th of September. The church is an ancient (Iruclurc, 

 and is remarkable for the peculiar form of the upper win- 

 dows in its embattled tower. Thefe have a pointed arch, 

 divided into two pointed lights, and a qnaterfoil head. Up 

 the centre runs a Itrong mullion, croffed by a tranfom, ter- 

 minating at the iinpolls, as happens in the church of Yar- 

 borough, near Louth, which renders it probable that both 

 edifices were creeled by the fame architedl. The living is a 

 vicarage in the gift of the crown ; and by the endowment 

 the vicar is entitled to the unufual tythe of ale. Befides the 

 church, there are in Raifin a Roman Catholic chapel, and a 

 Methodiil's mecting-houfc ; alfo a free-fchool, and an hof- 

 pital for poor old men. 



At a fhort diftance from Market-Raifin, are the villages 

 of Middle and Well Raifin. Middle Raifin was formerly 

 divided into two parifiies, called Drax and Tupholm, but 

 theie are now united. At Tupholm Hood an abbey of Pre- 

 monftratenfian canons, which was founded in the reign of 

 Henry II., by Alan de Neville, and his brother Gilbert. 

 Previous to the diflolution, it was inhabited by nine monks, 

 whole annual income, according to Speed, amounted to 

 119/. 2s. ^d. The church is a fmall, but ancient building, 

 confining of a nave and chancel, which are feparated by ele- 

 gant fcreen work, beneath a pointed arch, fupported by cir- 

 cular columns. The nave appears to have had fide-aifles, as 

 the pillars and pointed arches itand in relief from the prefent 

 wall. 



The principal feats in tliis vicinity are Willingham-houfe, 

 a ieat of the Boucherett family ; and Thurgundy, the pro- 

 perty of lord Middleton. The latter anciently belonged to 

 the Willoughbys. The houfe is fituated on an eminence, 

 commanding an exteiifive view over the vale to Swinhop, and 

 is fiirrounded by pleafure -grounds, finely varied by wood 

 and lawn. Bei-mties of England and Wales, vol. ix. by 

 John Britton, 1807. 



RAISING, in the Manege, one of the three aftions of 

 a horfe's legs ; the other two being the ftay, and the tread. 

 The ra'fing ©r lifting up of his legs in caprioles, curves, Sec. 

 is elleemed good, if he perform it hardily, and with 

 eafe ; not eroding his legs, nor carrying his feet too 

 much out or in ; yet bending his knees as much as is 

 needful. 



Raising the Land, in Sea Language. See Laying the 

 Land. 



Raising a Purchafe, denotes the act of difpofing certain 



inilruments or machines in fuch a manner, as that, by their 



mutual efforts, they may produce a mechanical force luffi- 



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