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A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] Howitt.

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

A raptor. [Obs.] Drayton.

A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]

Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.

Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.

Raptorial.

A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence. [Obs.] That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With headlong rapture. Chapman.

An enthusiast. [Obs.] J. Spencer.

To put, or be put, in a state of rapture. [R.]

Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.

In a rapturous manner.

Early. [Obs.] Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place. Chapman.

A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.

A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope.

The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; - - opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.

Capable of being rarefied. Boyle.

To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.

In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.

The state or quality of being rare. And let the rareness the small gift commend. Dryden.