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 248 Rag. A large, irregular, slate roofing stone. Rag-pump. A chain pump. Ramper. Playful. CalUngton, Ramping. In great pain, as a ^^ ramping tooth ache"; also raging. " A ramping lion rushed suddenly." Spenser's Faery Queene, Ramping and roving. In a state of almost unbear- able pain. Randigall. A long, rambling story. Randivooze. A resort; also, an uproar, "a putty randivooze up there." (Rendezvous. French.) Ranter^S jace. A ^^wild goose" errand. A ramb- ling hunt, or search, or chase. Ranter go round. An old fashioned game of cards so called. M.A.c. Rany. A ridge of rocks which is bare at half-tide. C. Ranny. A wren. " Those who kill a robin, or a wren, Will never prosper, boy or man." Rap and rind. ^^ By hook or crook." r.o. Rare. Flesh, meat, underdone. Half raw; any eat- able thing early in the season is rare. See Rear. Rash. Brittle, as applied to wood; or crisp, as of vegetables. Raunin, or Raunish. Hungry, ravenous. He's got a raunin appetite." (Spenser used the word royne, to bite or gnaw.)