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rackan, reckon Obs. exc. north. dial. (ˈræk(ə)n, ˈrɛk(ə)n) Forms: 1 racente, racete, 4 rakente, 5 rakende, racand, 6 raken, racon, 9 rackan; 4 recawnt, 5–6 rekand, 5 rekande, rekanth, -enth, 6 reckand, -en, recon, 7 reckan, 9 reckon. [OE. racente wk. f. = ON. rekendi (usually in pl. rekendr as if fr...
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rackan hook
rackan hook Also reckon hook (the usual form). [f. rackan + hook n.] = rackan-crook.1645 Essex County (Mass.) Probate Rec. (1916) I. 50 Estate of William Goog of Lynn... One gridiron & recke hookes [etc.]. 1647 Ibid. 99 Estate of John Jarrat of Rowley..Reckon hooks & some small things, 4s. 1867 B. B...
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rackan-crook
rackan-crook north. dial. Forms: 5–6 raken-, 6 rakon-, racon-, rackyn-, rayckin-, rakin(ge)-, 6, 9 rackin-, 7–9 racken-, 9 rackan-, rack-an'-; 7 rekin-, 7–9 reckin-, 9 reckon-. [f. prec. + crook. Rackan-hook is used in the same sense in mod. dial.] A rackan serving as a pot-hook, or a pot-hook used ...
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rakyll
▪ I. † ˈrakyl Obs. rare—1. ? var. of rakent rackan. (Jamieson (1808) has ‘Rackle, a chain’.)c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 113 He dyght hym in a dyvelles garment,..He cam in at the chyrch dore..Rynnyng, roryng, wythe hys rakyls, as devilles semyd to doo.▪ II. rakyl(l obs. forms of rackle a.
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rakine
▪ I. rakin obs. f. rackan.▪ II. rakin(e obs. ff. reckon v.
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ratten-
ratten-, ratting-crook varr. rackan-crook.1665 R. Brathwait Two Tales Chaucer 135 Having laid his Heel on the Ratting Crook, to pass the Winter-night away. 1785 Hutton Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 380 A seaty rattencreak hang dangling fra a black randle tree. 1866 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Lizzie Lorton of Grey...
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