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† rubiator Sc. Obs. In 6 rube-, rubi-, rubyatour; rubiature. [Of obscure origin.] An unprincipled person; a scoundrel or villain.1500–20 Dunbar Poems xiv. 44 Sa mony tratouris, sa mony rubeatouris, Within this land was nevir hard nor sene. 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 4254 Tak me an rackles rubyatour, Ane t...
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rabiator
ˈrabiator Sc. rare. [Perh. a later form of rubiator, by assoc. with rabid.] ‘A violent, noisy, greedy person’ (Jam.).a 1814 Watch-house ii. 1 in New Brit. Theatre I. 60 They a' barkit at me, like sae many rabiators. 1830 Galt Lawrie T. i. vii. (1849) 22 One morning that rabiator, Mr. Lapstone, came ...
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