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- raan = fish roe
- raamished = tired from not sleeping well
- rack-rent = (n) unjustly excessive rent
- rae = (n) sea-word for yard
- raem = cream, rich milk
- raemik = (n) sea word for oar
- raemikle = (n) a round wooden bucket or pail used to hold cream or newly churned butter
- raep = drying line, to sew or lace up in a very rough manner
- raeve = (v) tore, (I raeve my breeks on a nail)
- raikie = (n) a piece of wood attached to a yard to facilitate its movements on the mast
- rain-gös = (n) red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) Said to have two calls (no rain) and (more rain)
- raisin = setting up peats to dry
- rakki = (n) parrel, sliding loop around boat's mast allowing gaff to be raised
- ramse = bad taste in mouth (yon beer wis ramse bit I still drank hit)
- rank = (adj) top-heavy, applied to boats
- rask = a task which has required a not inconsiderable and probably unjustifiable amount of effort and time
- rassel = (v) struggle, also spelt; wrassle
- ratch = (n) little auk (Mergulus alle)
- rax = (v) to stretch, as one would after sleeping or being in a cramped position
- rax ower = (v) to pass or hand over
- raxter = (n) a long walk to stetch one's legs
- ree = (n) a spell of stormy weather
- reeb = (n) stripe
- reebit = (adj) striped
- redd = tidy (n) gravel, untangle, as 'reddin' a fishing line, to comb (redd de hed = comb your hair)
- redd up = tidy up, as in Da Voar Redd Up
- redder = comb (he ran da redder trow his hair)
- redder = (adv) rather
- reein = (n) sound made by pigs
- reek = smoke (da reek fae da lum)
- reesel = (v) rummage, disturb (will du reesel da bairns oot o dir beds)
- reestit mutton = (n) cured mutton
- rekk = (v) reach (he rekkit out his hand)
- rems, remmaks = (n) the oars
- restin shair = wooden chair with back and arms
- rest = (v) bank up fire, with ashes on top so that it could readily be brought to flames in the morning
- richt = (adv) right, correct
- rick = (v) to hook a fish other than in the mouth
- rickaness = (n) a point of land for grazing horses
- ridin = a bovine female in heat
- ridin/ridden/redd-up = a bovine female which has failed to become pregnant and is/has/did come back in to heat
- rift = burp
- rig = (n) arable ground, backbone. (v) to dress.
- rigga rendal, rig and rendal = system of run-rig agriculture
- riggin = the ridge of a peaked roof
- riggle-me-fix = a collection of bits and pieces, usually in very poor condition, or not intended for that job, put together as best they can to serve a particular purpose. Usually the result being just adequate and diffuclt to deal with. (Yun auld grind is sic a riggle-me-fix noo, hit can harlee idder open ur lok).
- riglin = a male animal (usually a juvenile) with only one testicle, or with a suspended testicle, most commonly used in reference to sheep
- rindil = (n) wren, (troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus)
- ringrody or ringlody = (n)a kettle
- rinkle = rattle
- ripe = (v) to dig up potatoes
- ripper = (n) sharp heavy blade on long handle used to cut the line of a peat bank, before the turves are removed and the tushkar can be used.
- rit = (n) a type of sheep mark cut on the ears (A cut made lengthwise down the centre of either ear from the tip, length varies from approx 3-4 cm up to approx half the overall length of the ear)
- rit i de stoo = (n) a sheep lug mark, the tip being cut off and a slit made down the center of the ear
- riv = (n) the dawn
- rivik = (n) split or fissure in the ground,(unwelcome when encountered whilst castin peats)
- rivlin = shoe, made of rough leather
- roath = speaking incessantly and with a level of conviction and passion
- robin redbreast = (n) wren (Troglodytes parvulus)
- rock doo = (n) rock dove (Columba livia)
- rod = (n) a rain shower
- rogue-money = (n) a tax levied to cover the expenses of arresting and detaining criminals (1725-1868)
- roiler, roller = (n) sea-word for fishing net buoys
- roo = (v) remove sheeps wool by hand (roo a yowe)
- rood = (n) a measure of area, one quarter of an acre
- rooderie = rough
- rooderie baa = (n) rock in sea covered with barnacles
- roog (n) a heap (a roog o peats)
- rooin = (n) a gathering of people, usually women, to 'roo' sheep
- rook = smoke (I'm gyaan furt fur a rook)
- rool = (n) a young pony, up to age three or four, when they are covered with wooly hair
- roolie = (adj) quiet, still
- roop, roup = (n) auction sale, sometimes enforced due to debts
- roost = (n) strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel
- roother = (n) a species of shellfish (R. balanus)
- rootsy = (n) a red horse
- rossholes = (n) holes under the timbers of the boat allowing water to run along the keel
- rousing = (v) salting fish in farlins while they are being gutted
- rowir = a generally oval shape with irregular outlines. Most commonly used in relation to carded wool ready for spinning, and to cloud formations of similar appearance, but also occasionally suitable for other situations
- rowth = (also: routh)(n) wood (sacrificial) on boats gunwale on which the oars slide
- rowth pin = (also: routh pin) (n) a wooden pin used in fixing 'routh' to gunwale of boat.
- rug = (n) a small, drizzly rain with a dense mist
- ruggie = (n) a small cod
- ruggle = (v) to shake, pull or tug back and forth
- ruggly = (adj) unsteady, rickety
- rummle = rumble
- rumse = (v) rummage, search
- run = (v) let out, pay out (as fishing line)
- run da boddom = let out fishing line until weight touches the sea bed
- rung = hit
- runged = hit heavily (his nev runged upo me lug)
- rungy = (n) wild mustard
- runk = (n) (1) hard blow with fist, (2) a break between rain showers
- runk = (n) an old woman
- run milk = (n) sour, thick milk
- runnick = (n) trench for dung in byre
- runny = (n) a suckling piglet
- runshie = (n) yellow-flowered weed growing in a crop
- rupa = (n) mare (Low 1774)
- russie = (n) stallion, ("Russie Foal" nickname for person from Fetlar)
- rüll = young pony
