ABSTRACT
R RACE-Race with, chase after, 1858. RACK (for wreck?), in "rack and ruin," B. RACKABoNEs-Emaciated man or beast, B. RAFT-Great quantity or number, 1718. RAG (time) in music-Syncopated. RAISE, TO MAKE-To find what one sought, B. RAKE DowN-"Taking down, scolding," B. RAKE-oFF-Share in profits, dishonestly taken, 1909
(but older). RAMBUNCTIous-Quarrelsome, 1854. RANCH-First a herdsman's hut, then a live-stock es-
tablishment, now any kind of farm, 1808.
