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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rikill,) Rickle, Rekill, v. [Rikill n.¹. Cf. Norw. dial. røykla to set up in a small heap.] tr. To throw (stones or peats) together to form a heap; to build (up) quickly or unsystematically. — 1557 Reg. Cupar A. II 175.
Thay … sall help to fut and rekill the samyn [peats] ȝerelie, with tway lang draucht to lyme, sclait, … or colis — 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Maceries, a wall rickled vp of stones ?1660–90 J. Walwood in P. Gillespie Rulers Sins (1718) 17.
Many a man took much pains to rickle up these stones that the fire burnd 1699 Belhaven Rudiments 23.
It would be no difficult task to rickle up a dry stone dyk