A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1459, 1543-1610
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Rath(e, Raith(e, n. Also ? erroneous form: ratche. See also Rave n. [e.m.E. rath(e (1497), of obscure ulterior origin.] A cart rail. —1459 Exchequer Rolls VI 579.
Pro duobus paribus bigarum et duorum lez rathez 1543 Acts & Decr. I 563.
Ane pair of wayne quhelis … ane pair of rathis 1577 Edinburgh Testaments VI 3.
I leue to him the wayne quheill aixtrie & ratche1610 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI 107b.
Ane pair of waine raithes
