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RUN 482 S
confident, trusty, trust-worthy; dark, mys-
terious.
RÙNACH,-AiCH, s. m. (Run.) A beloved
person ; a confidant.
RÙNACHADH, -aidh, 5. m. and pres.
part. V, Rùnaich. Inclining, act or state of
inclining, or wishing ; act of designing-,
purposing or intending.
RÙNAG, -AiG, -AN. s.f. (Run,) A beloved
woman.
RÙNAICH, -iDH, R-, V. a. and 7i. (Run,)
Incline, wish ; resolve, purpose.
RÙNAICHTE, pret. part. v. Rùtiaich.
Desired, wished ; resolved, fixed upon
RÙNAIR, -E, -EAN, s. m. (Run and Fear,)
A secretary.
iiCNAlREACHD, 5. /. ind. (Rùoair,)
Office of secretary, secretaryship.
RCN-CHLÈIREACH, -ich, s. m. (Run
and Clèireach,) A seci'etary.
RÙN-CHLÈIREACHD, s.f. ind. (Rùnchlèireach,)
Office, or business of a secre-
tary.
RÙN-DÌOMHAIR, -uin, and -ùintean,
or -ÙKTAN-DÌ0MHAIR, s. 7)1. (Run and
Dlomhair,) A secret purpose or intention ;
a mystery ;
a secret.
HÙN-FOLAICH, -Uin-fholaich, s. m.
(Run and Folach,) Secret love.
RÙN-PHAIRTEACH, -EicHE,ad;. (Run
and Pàirteacb,) Communicative, ready to
communicate; communicable; apt to re-
veal secrets.
RÙN-PHAIRTEACH, -ich, s. m. (Run
and Pàirteach,) A partaker of a secret or
mystery.
RÙN-PHAlRTEACHADH,-AiDH, s.m.
and pres. part. v. Rùn-pliàirtich. Com-
municating, act of Communicating secrets ;
a consulting, act of consulting together.
RCN-PHÀIRTICH, -IDH, R-, V. a. (Run
and Pàirtich. Communicate or disclose
secrets; deliberate, consult together.
RÙN-PHÀIRTICHTE, adj. and pret.
part. V. Rùn-phàiitich. Communicated,
disclosed.
ItÙN-RÀITE, -ÙIN, and -ùntan-rÀite,
5. /. (Run and Ràdh, ) A resolution, a
solemn vow. Provin.
UU RAICH, -IDH, R-, V. a. See Rùdhraich.
Rl sal, -Aii'H, and -slaidh, r-, v. a.
Search ; turn over things in searching
scratch, scrape.
RÙSG, -Ù1SG, -AN, s. m. An external cover-
ing, a rind, skin, or husk ; the bark of a
a fleece of wool.
tree ;
HOSGACH, -AiCHE, arfj. (Rùsg,) Having
a covering, as a rin-J, skin or husk ; fleecy-
.
;
fishing, taat fleeces, peeis or takes off the
covering or husk.
RCSGADH, -AiDH, 5. m. Aud pres. pan. t.
Rùisg. Peeling, act of peeling, fleecing,
taking off the bark or any covering; dis-
covering, act of discovering, disclosing or
revealing. ' liùsgadk clèibh,' Hoarseness.
RÙSGA1R, -E, -EAN, s. w. (Rùsg and
Fear,) A strong clumsy fellow. Provin.
RÙSGAIREACHD,s./ Clumsy strength.
Provin.
RÙSGAN, -AiN, -AN, s.m. dim. of Rùsg.
Any little or thin covering as a rind or
husk; a little fleece ; a circular dish made
of roots, used to measure meal, &c ;
a bottt
made of bark.
RL'SLADH, -AIDH, s. m, and pres. part. r.
Rùsal. A searching, ac't of searching or
overturning things in searching; a scrap-
ing, act of scraping or scratching.
RUSTAN, -AIN, -AN, s. m. A lump; a
hillock.
RUTA, -A, -AN, and -aicwkan, s. m. A
ram ; a ridglirig.
RÙTAN, -AIN, -AN, s. m. dim. of Rùta.
A little ram or ridgling ; the horn of a
roe-buck.
RCTACHD, ind. (Rùta,) Rutting.
RUTHA, -ACHAN, s. m. See Rudha.
RUTHACH, -AiCHE, adj. See Rudhach.
RUTHADH, -AIDH, -EAN, s. m. See Rugaad
h.
RUTHARACH, -aiche, adj. Quarrelsome.
RUTHARACHD, s. /. ind. Quarrelsomeness.
S, 8, the fifteenth letter of the Gaelic alphabet,
named ' Sail' ' or Suil,' the willow-
tree. It has two sounds, the first like sh
in sheet, when it is preceded or followed by
e or t, whether immediately or with a
lingual intervening, as
' bris,' break; 'sir '
seek; ' fk)sg,' squeeze '
; sion,' a blast. In
every other situation it sounds like « 1»
salt, sail, sack, &c. But wlieii immediate-
ly followed by k, there is only an aspirateii
articulation, as
' A shùil,' pron. ' A hiiii,'
his eye. Sh, when followed by either ol
the liquids I, n, are nearly quiescent, Hav-
ing only a slight aspirated sound, ab