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398 Raris, saleable, easily sold; sold out.

Raru, the act of putting either Chéng'al or Kawauwoh into the bambu containing the toddy of the Kawung palm, in order to prevent it from souring.

Rasa, taste, flavour. Sentiment, idea, feeling. To have a feeling, a conviction. To think. Rasa, C. 587, taste, flavour, sentiment, emotion.

Rasa, quicksilver. Rasa, C. 587, quicksilver.

Rasa-an and Rasakěn, to taste, to judge by taste. To be of opinion. To consider, to experience; to try, to make a trial.

Rasaksa, a demon, a goblin of Hindu mythology. See Raksasa.

Rasamala, name of a very large forest tree, growing on the mountains, seldom under 1200 or 1500 feet above the sea. Grows up with a straight stem and makes good timber. From the tree exudes a gum which has a scented odour, and hence probably the name. Rasa, C. 587, taste, flavour; Mala, C. 521 —- according to Sanscrit authorities it is dirivedderived [sic] from Mala, to hold or contain in the body; any excretion of the body, as faeces, blood, ear-wax, sweat etc. etc. Rasa-mala will thus mean the tasty excretion, an exudation of flavour. Liquidammer Altingiana.

Rasé, a vivena resembling Dédés, but still another variety. Viverra Rasé.

Rasiyah, a secret, a mystery, something to be kept private. Rahasya, C. 589, private, secret, a secret, a mystery, any thing hidden, recondite on mysterious.

Raspati, a day corresponding to Thursday, in an ancient week. See Dité Brahaspati, C. 483, the planet Jupiter. The regent of the planet Jupiter, the preceptor of the gods. Brahaspatinda in Singhelese —- Thursday.

Rassah, to skin, to take off the hide.

Rasuk, prods, pieces of sharpened stick or bambu used about the thatch of a roof. In Malay Asak, to push in, to thrust in.

Rasul, Arabic, an apostle, a messenger of God. Rasul Allah, the apostle of God,— a name of Mahomet.

Rasulan, to make prayer and offering to the Rasul (the apostle Mahomet), to return thanks for any event to the Rasul.

Rat, country, land. Used in the composition of proper names. Jaya ning rat, the triumphant in the land. Rata, C. 581, country, a district, an inhabited country.

Rata, level, free from asperities or inequalities, smooth, uniform, even throughout, alike; each having an equal share. Di bagi rata, evenly divided. Bumi rata, even off by the ground, level with the ground. Buta rata, inconceivably dark, said of a dark night when nothing can be seen, not even your hand before you. This expression Buta rata may also mean goblin level, as if the goblins had destroyed all trace before them. See Buta.

Ratakěn, to make level or smooth; to equalize. To make all alike.

Rati, a common name for a young woman. Rati, C. 582, the wife of Kama, the Indian Cupid. Coition, copulation.