A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rank, adj.2 [ON rakkr slender, bold, of the same ulterior origin as Rank,adj.1] Thin, lean. —c1450-2 Howlat 216 (A).
The ravyne … Was dene rurale to reid, rank as a raike
