Rattoon to Ray
Rattoon
(Rat*toon") n. [Sp. retoño.] One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's
growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
Rattoon
(Rat*toon"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned (-t&oomacnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.] [Cf.
Sp. retoñar.] To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's
planting.
Raucid
(Rau"cid) a. [L. raucus hoarse; cf. LL. raucidus.] Hoarse; raucous. [R.] Lamb.
Raucity
(Rau"ci*ty) n. [L. raucitas, from raucus hoarse: cf. F. raucité.] Harshness of sound; rough
utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
Raucous
(Rau"cous) a. [L. raucus.] Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. "His voice slightly
raucous." Aytoun. — Rau"cous*ly, adv.
Raught
(Raught) obs. imp. & p. p. of Reach. Shak.
Raught
(Raught), obs. imp. & p. p. of Reck. Chaucer.
Raunch
(Raunch) v. t. See Ranch. Spenser.
Raunsoun
(Raun*soun") n. Ransom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ravage
(Rav"age) n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to
ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.] Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as,
the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.
Would one think 't were possible for love
To make such ravage in a noble soul?
Addison. Syn. — Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.
Ravage
(Rav"age), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged (-ajd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging ] [F. ravager. See
Ravage, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to
spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already Cæsar
Has ravaged more than half the globe.
Addison.
His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
Macaulay. Syn. — To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
Ravager
(Rav"a*ger) n. One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.
Rave
(Rave) obs. imp. of Rive.
Rave
(Rave), n. [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.] One of the
upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
Rave
(Rave) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved (ravd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] [F. rêver to rave, to be delirious,
to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
