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Rh 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. "You did'nt like the whale-barrer I maayde vor 'e avoor, but I hev maayde 'e a rattler this time."

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. "I ricked my thumb a liftin' a zack o' be-ans."

"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.