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| rainshade | n | a tool for keeping the rain from the body, made of a circle of cloth stretched over a frame; umbrella [neologism, from rain + shade, based on sunshade]
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| rainy-brained | adj | pessimistic; sunny-brained [neologism, from rainy + brain]
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| ramson | n | a broad leaf species of garlic, allium ursinum, garlic; garlic, buckram, a leek [OE: hramsan.]
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| ream | n | the milkfat that rises to the top; cream [OE: rēam, ME: reme]
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| redeship | n | political entity that controls, maintains, and represents a nation or state; goverment [neologism, from rede (archaic, "to advise, guide, govern") + -SHIP]
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| reðe | n & vb | reason; [OE ræd]
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| reem | vb | exult; [OE hréman]
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| rees | vb | attack, onslaught, blitz; burst in, smite, dint, up and at. [OE raésan]
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| reh, ray | adj | rough, stormy, fierce, disturbed (in the mind); bearish, tempestrous, fearsome, mad [OE:hreh]
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| rerd | n | language, speech, voice; steven, woth, pipe [OE reord]
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| retch | vb | expound; [OE reĉĉan]
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| rether | n | heart, breast; [OE hreðer]
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| righthood | n | justice; []
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| rike | n | a state, a country; ric, rich [OE rice]
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| riðmeet | n | confluence; [OE riþ 'stream or rivulet' + meet]
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| rimethurse | n | ice monster; frost giant [rime ‘hoar frost’ + thurse ‘monster’]
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| rindle | n | a small watercourse or stream; a gutter; runnel, rithe, stream [OE rynele; renian:to rain.ste]
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| rist | n | source, origin, rising.; well, spring, fromth, lift [OE: rimacsan. nb: Uprist: resurrection]
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| rood | n | cross; [ME]
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| rootfast | adj | firmly established; [OE rotfæst]
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| roun | n | mystery, secret; [OE rún]
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| rous | n | earth; [OE hrúse]
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| rover | n | turtle, tortoise; [shortening of roofer or roofpod
~ akin to 'stegosaurus', meaning 'roofed lizard'] |
| rowdy-month | n | the third month of the year (so called because of the high winds); March [Anglo-Saxon, from Hlyd-Mōnath]
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| rusted-on | adj | (neologism) diehard, loyal, from the heartland; true, steadfast. [OE rust & on; as, 'Even rusted-on supporters are criticizing Labor's performance in Government.]
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