RAT IT.—To run away quickly (a cant term).
RATTLE.—One who talks continually and rather frivolously.
RATTLETAP.—Very poor beer. It is sometimes described as "Taaystin' o' the water."
RATTLETRAP.—A worn-out, poor-looking carriage.
RATTLER.—Something very excellent.
A great lie.
A very common name for a cart-horse.
RAWLLY-PAWLLY PUDDEN.—A pudding made by spreading jam on dough and rolling over and over.
RAY, or RAA.—Raw (cold, damp weather).
RAYLE.—Real.
RECKON.—Expect; think.
RED-LAAYNE.—The throat. Generally used to and by children.
RED WE-AD.—Poppies are so called.
REFTERS.—A field of ploughed land is sometimes called a "pe-us o' refters."
RENSE.—To rinse.
RENT.—To let. One says "I rents my me-ad to a butcher."
RESPECTABLE.—All of the lower middle class are so styled.
REVEL.—An annual village merry-making, as Chapel Row "Revel."
RHEUMĀTTICS.—Rheumatism.
RICHUT.—Richard.
RICK, or WRICK.—To sprain.
"Rick" is always used for Stack; we speak of a "haay-rick," a "barley-rick," &c.
"A rick-clath" is a waterproof sheet placed over the top of a rick to keep out the wet until such time as the rick may be thatched.
