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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rax, n. Pl. rax(s)is, rax(x)es, raxies, raixes. [Only Sc. The pl. of Rak n.² taken as sing.] A framework used to support a spit or other cooking utensil. = Rak n.²Usu. pl., freq. ane pair (of) raxis.pl. (a) 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II 177.
ij pair of raxis 1560 Stirling B. Rec. I 74.
Ane chimnay with raxis 1567 Bamff Chart. 71.
Ane speit with tua raxis of irne 1580 Coll. Aberd. & B. 391.
Raxsis 1584 Edinb. Test. XIII 191b (see Gallow(i)s n. 2 a). 1607 Ib. XLIII 201b.
Ane iron chimney with vpricht gallus raxis tayngis and porring irne 1615 Reg. Privy S. MS 21 Nov.
Ane pair of standing irne raxes 1622 Breadalbane Doc. No. 428.
Of irone raxis j pair 1635 Haddington Corr. 303.
Ane pair hingand raxes 1640 Bk. Carlaverock II 502.
In the chichin … a peare of long raxes 1644 Ruthven Corr. 87.
Speittis, raxes, and uther fyre vessell 1645 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III 44.
A pair great lying raxes of yron with ane pair litill raxes 1646 Edinb. Test. LXI 270.
Ane iron braice with drawing raxes 1648 Linlithgow Palace 332.
Ane pair of standing raxis 1675 Bk. Old Edinb. C. VI 129.
Raxxes 1680 Hossack Kirkwall 98.
Raxies 1694 Inchmahome Pr. 163.
2 pair of long raxes, 3 speets(b) 1643 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III 18.
Raixessing. 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS XIII 119b.
Ane rosting irne rax 1583 Elgin Rec. I 172.
Ane irn rax 1638 Dunferm. B. Rec. II 183.
Ane chimnay rax

b. (?) — 1568 Edinb. Test. I 196.
xij raxes of glaspis price thairof v s.