A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use : With Their Etymology, And Affinity to Other Languages ; And Occasional Notices of Local Customs And Popular Superstitions
A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use : With Their Etymology, And Affinity to Other Languages ; And Occasional Notices of Local Customs And Popular Superstitions
Brockett, John Trotter, 1788-1842
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rahbeten^ blat^ . rare. Apparently identical with Raybl; which see. Rabbleuent, a tumultuous crowds a moh. A rery old word, still in use, though Dr. Johnson has stated it to be obsolete. Rack, *. a track, a trace. Dut. rache. This is the meaning of the word used by our great dramatic poet, in the following exquisite and well-known passage in the Tempest, whatever the commentators may be pleased to say to the contrary. The cloud*capp*d towers, the gorgeous palaces. The solemn temples, the great ...globe itself Yea, all which it inhierit, shall dissolre } And, like this insubstantial pageant Med, Leave not a rack behind. Rack, 9, the clouds ; or rather the track in which thdy move by the action of the wind. Sax. recy vapour. Swed. reka. Archdeacon Nares is mistaken in thinking that the word is not now in use. But, as we often see, against some storm, A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still. The bold winds speechless, and the orb below As hush as death.— ^A^. Hamlet. Rack, «. wreck.
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