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e character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low. A sad, raffish, disreputable character. Thackeray.

To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.] Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder. Spenser.

A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw. Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. De Quincey.

A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct o Thackeray.

To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

The wife of a rector. Thackeray.

Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.

To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

ent; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

p. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [Archaic] He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray.

Laughing. [R.] Thackeray.

iguratively, prize fighting. "The road was an institution, the ring was an institution." Thackeray.

or is suitable for use on ordinary roads. A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster. Thackeray.

of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. Macaulay. Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. Thackeray.

A common hackney horse; a nag. [Obs.] he rode upon a rouncy as he could. Chaucer.

g that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. Thackeray.

To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.

Severe discipline. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

r in contempt, the neck. Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray.