Dictionary: RAH – RAIQ

► RAH! int. 1. used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement → 1870 US
int. 2. an exclamation of anger, surprise, amazement, approval, envy, etc. → 2000 Black British sl.
► RAHATE vb. to scold → 1542 obs.
► THE RAHL n. syphilis → M20 US
► RAH-MATERIAL n. a freshman → 1910 sl., chiefly US
► RAH-RAH adj. 1. upper-class, esp. British → 1910 sl.
adj. 2. characterized by excessive spirit and enthusiasm → 1914 US sl.
int. used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement → 1870 US
n. 1. clothes fashionable among students in Black colleges → 1940 US students’ sl.
n. 2. a fan of Rugby Union; thus the game itself → 1980 Aust. sl.
n. 3. a female inmate who fraternizes with the authorities → 1990 US prison sl.
n. 4. enthusiastic speech; a pep-talk → 1991 US sl.
► RAH-RAH BOY n. an over-excited student → 1910 sl., chiefly US
► RAH-RAH GIRL n. an over-excited female student → 1910 sl., chiefly US
► RAHTID adj. used as an intensifier that implies anger or strong disapproval → 1994 Black British usage
int. an exclamation implying great anger, surprise, amazement, envy, etc. → 1940 sl.
► RAICHIE n. the act of scolding → 1825 Sc.
vb. to scold → 1825 Sc.
► RAID n. an outing, a jaunt, an excursion, esp. one about which a fuss has been made → 1823 Sc.
► RAID THE ICE BOX vb. to have intercourse with a corpse → 1970 sl.
► RAIFIELD vb. to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner → 1950 African-American sl.
► RAIGN vb. to arraign → 1444 obs.
► RAIGNMENT n. arraignment → 1570 obs.
► RAIK n. 1. the act of going about, walking about, etc.; course, way; journey → 1400 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. the space of ground over which animals, esp. cattle, usually move or pasture; a piece of pasture-land, etc. → 1425 obs.
n. 3. speed, pace, rate → 1768 Sc.
n. 4. a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment → 1825 Sc.
n. 5. the path along which clouds are driven by the wind → 1825 Sc.
n. 6. great energy → 1866 Sc.
n. 7. a quantity of work done quickly → 1866 Sc.
n. 8. a flock of migrating birds → 1888 Sc.
n. 9. one who works speedily but in a slapdash manner → 1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to go, to proceed, to make one’s way; to walk, to stroll, to wander → 1340 obs. exc. Sc.
vb. 2. to move with speed, to cover the ground quickly → 1710 Sc.
vb. 3. to work energetically and speedily; to plough through a task → 1866 Sc.
► RAIKER n. 1. a stroller; a vagabond → 1596 obs.
n. 2. one who shows unusual ability to work or act energetically → 1880 Sc.
n. 3. a long stride → 1967 Sc.
► RAIKIN adj. 1. speedy, vigorous → 1786 Sc.
adj. 2. wandering → 1818 Sc.
adj. 3. energetic, ploughing through much work → 1866 Sc.
n. a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit → 1866 Sc.
► RAIL n. 1. a garment, dress, mantle, cloak → 700 obs.
n. 2. a piece of linen or other cloth formerly worn about the neck by women; a neckerchief → 1482 obs.
n. 3. an act of railing or reviling → 1529
n. 4. a cheap, flimsy dress; a thin, flimsy, worthless piece of material → 1866 Sc.
n. 5. a contentious person; a defamer → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 6. a vagrant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. a line or row → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
n. 8. any railway employee → 1931 Can. & US sl.
n. 9. an erection of the penis → M20 sl.
n. 10. the edge of a surfboard → 1956 Aust. surfers’ sl.
n. 11. syphilis; a case of syphilis → 1960 Amer. sl.
n. 12. a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction → 1963 US sl.
n. 13. the rung of a ladder → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 14. a line of cocaine or other powdered drug laid out for snorting → 1984 US sl.
vb. 1. to set in order or array; to arrange; to regulate → 1310 obs.
vb. 2. to array, to adorn with something → 1350 obs.
vb. 3. to go about, to wander, to roam → 1400 obs.
vb. 4. of blood: to flow, to gush down → 1400 obs.
vb. 5. to utter abusive language → 1460
vb. 6. to jest, to rally → 1508 obs.
vb. 7. to brag, to boast → 1530 obs.
vb. 8. to tie or fasten in a string or row → 1622 obs.
vb. 9. to rattle → 1770
vb. 10. to improve in condition → 1905 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 11. to tease; to provoke to anger → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 12. to criticize or reprimand someone → 1987 US sl.
vb. 13. to arrest or detain someone → 1995 US sl.
► THE RAIL n. syphilis; a case of syphilis → 1960 Amer. sl.
► RAILBIRD n. 1. an ardent horse-racing fan; one who watches morning workouts, carefully clocking performances → 1890 US sl.
n. 2. a fan or spectator who crowds round the rails that surround a big game in a casino → 1940 gambling sl.
n. 3. in American casinos: a thief who steals chips from inattentive gamblers → 1985 US sl.
n. 4. in pool: a spectator → 1993 US sl.
► RAILDOG n. a backstage technician who works with set rigging on a catwalk → 1991 US sl.
► RAILERY n. travelling by rail → 1852
► RAILFIELD n. a thief who simply grabs shop merchandise and runs from the shop → 1960 US sl.
► RAILING adj. 1. flowing → 1590 obs.
adj. 2. rattling → 1844
n. 1. abusing, abuse → 1470
n. 2. the rung of a ladder → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RAILINGS n. 1. the ribs → M19 sl.
n. 2. teeth → 1910 sl.
► RAILIPOTENT adj. powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive → 1593
► RAIL IT vb. to kill time → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RAIL JOB n. a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction → 1963 US sl.
► RAILLERY n. 1. good-humoured ridicule, banter → 1653
n. 2. railing, reviling → 1709 obs.
► RAILLEUR n. one who practices raillery; one who banters → 1667 obs.
► RAILLIER n. one who banters → 1711 obs.
► RAIL LUGGER n. in horse racing: a horse that prefers to run near or next to the inside rail → 1947 US sl.
► RAILLY vb. 1. to rally, to jest, to banter → 1635 obs.
vb. 2. to ridicule or tease a person → 1673 obs.
vb. 3. to mock, to scoff, to jeer at → 1678 obs.
► RAILLYING n. banter, good-humoured ridicule → 1760
► RAIL ON vb. to criticize or reprimand someone → 1987 US sl.
► RAIL OVER vb. to talk over, to backbite → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAILRAT n. in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a member of the audience who prefers to see the show from as close as possible to the band, right on the rail → 1994 US sl.
► RAILRIDER n. a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads; a tramp → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAILROAD n. 1. rough whisky → M19 US sl.
n. 2. any arrest and allied criminal proceeding that ignores the facts, evidence, truth etc. and concentrates on a speedy conviction, the guilt or innocence of the person notwithstanding → L19 US sl.
n. 3. a sandwich in a much, larger, longer bun that is a meal in itself → 1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to enforce a mild punishment by dragging the victim up and down along the floor until the seat of their trousers is worn through → M19 US sl.
vb. 2. to go fast, to hurry unduly or excessively, to rush somewhere; to deal with something quickly or hastily → 1884 sl.
vb. 3. to force or speed up an action without due process, in disregard of regular or accepted procedures, or without the consent of others concerned; to force one’s opinion or schemes upon others → L19 Amer. sl.
vb. 4. to send a person directly to prison without proof of guilt, due process of law, or a fair trial; to send to jail by false evidence or by cheating, tricking, deceiving, or framing → L19 Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to throw someone out of a city or town (on the railroad) → 1920 US sl.
vb. 6. to work energetically → 1938 Amer. dial.
vb. 7. to malinger; to pretend to be sick → 1967 Amer. dial.
vb. 8. to use influence in the pursuit of personal interests → 1970 US students’ sl.
vb. 9. to move your jaw from side to side obsessively and involuntarily after sustained amphetamine use → 1989 US sl.
► RAILROAD APARTMENT n. apartment consisting of a series of narrow rooms arranged in line → 1960 Amer. dial.
► RAILROAD BIBLE n. a pack of cards → L19 US sl.
► RAILROAD DICK n. a railroad police officer, guard, or detective → 1910 US sl.
► RAILROADER n. a sandwich in a much, larger, longer bun that is a meal in itself → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RAILROAD FLAT n. apartment consisting of a series of narrow rooms arranged in line → 1956 Amer. dial.
► RAILROADIANA n. matters pertaining to railroads → 1838
► RAILROADING n. a reprimand → 1935 sl.
► RAILROAD IRISH n. the Irish working class → 1910 US sl.
► RAILROAD TIME n. 1. rapid progress → 1864 Amer. dial.
n. 2. time as kept by a railroad line; hence, precise clock time; also, standard time, as opposed to local time → 1865 Amer. dial.
► RAILROAD TRACKS n. 1. an Army captain’s insigne bars → 1947 US usage
n. 2. the scars that accompany repeated injections of narcotics into one’s veins → 1970 drug culture sl.
n. 3. dental braces → 1990 sl. (Bk.)
► RAILROAD WEED n. marijuana → 1974 drug culture sl.
► RAILROAD WHISKY n. cheap wine, esp. Santa Fe Tokay → 1970 African-American sl.
► RAILS n. 1. railway stocks and shares → 1887 Stock Exchange coll.
n. 2. that part of a racecourse where the rails bookmakers are situated; hence, big-time bookmaking → 1981 Aust. sl.
n. 3. powdered cocaine arranged into lines → 1990 Amer. drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► THE RAILS n. railway stations → 1919 sl.
► RAILS BOOKIE n. one of the more prestigious bookmakers → 1950 Aust. sl.
► RAILS BOOKMAKER n. one of the more prestigious bookmakers → 1950 Aust. sl.
► RAIL SANDWICH n. a surfboard between your legs → 1978 US sl.
► RAIL-SPLITTER n. 1. a rustic or countrified person → 1867 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a sharp-pointed shoe → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RAIL SQUAD n. seasick sailors → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► RAIL UP adj. angry → 1970 Black British sl.
► RAILWAYS n. red stockings worn by women → 1909 railwaymen’s usage
► RAILWAY STATION n. an ‘allocation’ prison from which prisoners are forwarded → 1999 UK sl.
► RAILWIFERY n. abusive scolding → 1695 obs.
► RAIM vb. 1. to ransom, to redeem, to deliver a person; to recover a heritage → 1300 obs.
vb. 2. to put to ransom, to exact ransom from; hence, to spoil, to plunder, to deprive of → 1330 obs.
vb. 3. to affect with anguish, to torment → 1380 obs.
vb. 4. to take away from a person → 1400 obs.
► RAIMAN adj. nonsensical → 1919 Sc.
► RÁIMÉIS n. foolish, nonsensical, ill-founded talk → 2001 Ireland sl.
► RAIMENT n. 1. clothing, clothes, dress, apparel → 1440
n. 2. an article of clothing, a garment, a dress → 1483 obs.
vb. to clothe → 1656 obs.
► RAIMENTED adj. clothed → 1833
► RAIMSY adj. thin, long-legged → 19C Eng. dial.
► RAIMY n. a calf, esp. a small or sickly one → 2000 Amer. dial.
► RAIN n. 1. a small stream, brook, or ditch → 1611 obs.
n. 2. gin → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. Christmas tree tinsel → 1979 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. of tears: to fall like rain → 1374
vb. 2. to shed tears copiously → 1588
vb. 3. to snore → 1992 UK rhyming sl. (Rain and Pour)
vb. 4. to complain → 2006 African-American sl.
► RAIN AND POUR vb. to snore → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► RAIN-BALLS n. festoons of cloud considered a sign of rain → 1888 Eng. dial.
► RAINBAR n. a divining rod; a forked stick that’s used to show where there’s water underground → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RAIN-BATH n. a shower-bath → 1896 
► RAINBERELLA n. an umbrella → 1966 Amer. jocular usage
► RAIN-BIRD n. 1. the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis → 1555
n. 2. a tree frog → 1931 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the mourning dove → 1951 Amer. dial.
► RAIN BLACK CATS vb. to rain very heavily → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RAIN BLUE BLAZES vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BLUE THUNDERBOLTS vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAINBO n. a playing marble with a coloured band or bands around or inside it → 1970 Amer. dial.
► RAINBOW n. 1. the iris of the eye → 1615 obs.
n. 2. a golden guinea → 18C sl.
n. 3. a footman → E19 sl.
n. 4. a mistress → E19 sl.
n. 5. a pattern book → E19 sl.
n. 6. a discoloured bruise → 1811 boxing sl.
n. 7. a young man about town → M19 sl.
n. 8. a soldier who joins a fighting unit after conflict has ceased → 1919 Aust. sl.
n. 9. something that is curved or crooked→ 1938 Amer. dial.
n. 10. a tall, thin person → 1950 W. Indies sl.
n. 11. in oil drilling: a very small showing of oil in a hole → 1954 US sl.
n. 12. LSD → 1960 US drug culture sl.
n. 13. a capsule of amobarbital sodium and secobarbital sodium, trade name Tuinal™ → 1966 US sl.
n. 14. a capsule of the barbiturates Amytral and Seconal, of which one end is blue and the other red → 1970 sl., orig. US
n. 15. one who dresses in gaudy bad taste → 1970 African-American sl.
n. 16. a bowlegged person → 1990 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 17. a rude term of address → 1990 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 18. in casinos: a bet comprised of different colour and different value betting chips → 1991 US sl.
vb. to have coition with a person of another race → M20 US sl.
► RAINBOW HAND n. a poker hand with cards of all four suits → 1950 US sl.
► RAINBOW KISS n. a passionate kiss, which follows an orgasm reached through reciprocal oral sex between a man and a menstruating woman, and thus involves mixing semen and vaginal secretions/blood in the mouth → 1990 US sl.
► RAINBOW-FLOWER n. the Iris → 1914 (Bk.)
► RAINBOW JUMPER n. in basketball: a high, arcing jump shot → 1974 US sl.
► RAINBOW NECKER n. a person who has oral sex with a woman while she is menstruating → 1990 sl.
► RAINBOW PARTY n. oral sex on one male by several females, all wearing different colours of lipstick → 2003 US sl.
► RAINBOW QUEEN n. 1. anyone who is involved in a Black/White sexual relationship → 1970 African-American & homosexual sl.
n. 2. a homosexual man who prefers inter-racial sex and/or relationships → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► RAINBOW ROLL n. a multi-coloured assortment of barbiturate capsules → 1973 US sl.
► RAINBOWS n. 1. any form of pill in a coloured jacket; usually the barbiturates Amytal and Seconal which have red-and-blue capsules → 1960 drug culture sl.
n. 2. Quaaludes™ → 1983 UK sl.
n. 3. LSD → 1998 UK sl.
► RAINBREED adj. producing rain → 1582 obs.
► RAIN BULL FROGS vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BULL FROGS AND HEIFER YEARLINGS vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BULLFROGS AND PITCHFORKS vb. to rain very hard → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RAIN BULLOCK STERKS vb. to rain very hard → 20C sl.
► RAIN BULL YEARLINGS vb. to rain very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN CATS AND DOGS vb. to rain very heavily → 1738
► RAIN CATS AND DOGS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN CATS AND DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN CHECK n. 1. a ticket stub or other receipt that allows one to return to see another baseball game if the one the ticket was originally purchased for is cancelled because of bad weather → 1890 US sl.
n. 2. a request or promise to take up an invitation at a convenient time; a postponement of any arrangement → 1930 US sl.
n. 3. the reduction of a criminal penalty; parole, probation → 1949 US sl.
► RAIN-CLOCK n. the common black beetle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAINCOAT n. 1. a condom → 1930 US sl.
n. 2. an Ingram Mac-10 machine pistol → 1990 UK criminals’ sl.
► RAINCOAT CHARLIE n. a striptease audience member who masturbates beneath the safety of his raincoat → 1981 US sl.
► RAINCOATER n. a stereotypical perverted pornography fan → 2000 US sl.
► RAINCOAT JOB n. a sexual fetish involving urination on your partner → 1993 US sl.
► RAINCROW n. 1. a court house loafer → 1939 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (usually as ‘rain crow’) the mourning dove → 1940 Amer. dial.
n. 3. (usually as ‘rain crow’) a woodpecker → 1951 Amer. dial.
► RAIN CURTAIN-RODS vb. to rain hard → 20C sl.
► RAIN DANCE n. in computing: an action that is expected to be taken but will likely produce no results → 1974 US sl.
► RAIN DOVE n. the mourning dove → 1854 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DOWN BULL YEARLINGS vb. to rain very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DOWN MONKEYS vb. to rain heavily → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DOWN NIGGER BABIES vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial., offensive
► RAIN DOWN TOAD-FROGS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DUKE GEORGES vb. to rain heavily → 1930 sl.
► RAINED OUT adj. postponed → 1995 US sl.
► RAIN-FOWL n. the green woodpecker → 1440
► RAINFROG n. a tree frog → 1827 Amer. dial.
► RAIN FROGS AND HAPPY TOADS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAINFUL adj. rainy → 1484
► RAIN-GLASS n. a barometer → 1914 (Bk.)
► RAIN GO-DEVILS vb. to rain very hard → 1932 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HAMMER HANDLES vb. to rain very heavily → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HAMMER HANDLES AND PITCHFORKS vb. to rain very heavily → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HATCHETS AND DUCKETS vb. to rain very heavily (ducket = bill-hook) → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN HOPPY TOADS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HOP-TOADS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HUMP-TOADS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAINIFIED adj. likely to rain → 1918 Amer. dial.
► RAININ’ adj. characterized by hard times → 1960 Amer. sl.
► RAININ’ ALL OVER adj. characterized by harder times → 1960 Amer. sl.
► RAINING (AND POURING ) n. snoring → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► RAINISH adj. somewhat rainy → 1530 obs.
► RAINJUICE n. water → 1950 US sl.
► RAIN-KING n. rain personified as a king → 1880
► RAIN LIKE A BULL PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK vb. to rain heavily → 1950 sl.
► RAIN LIKE A COW PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK vb. to rain heavily → 1950 sl.
► RAIN LIKE A DUNKEN DOG vb. to rain heavily → 1930 sl.
► RAIN LIKE THE OLD HARRY vb. to rain very hard → 1991 Amer. dial.
► RAIN-MACHINE n. a rain-gauge → 1767 obs.
► RAINMAKER n. 1. a tree frog → 1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an extremely successful member of a firm, often a lawyer, who commands high fees, and is thus a lucrative asset to their employer → 1985 US sl.
► RAIN METHER vb. to pour with rain → 1888 Ireland
► RAIN MOTHER n. a fleecy and delicate cloud that usually precedes rain → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RAIN NAPPER n. an umbrella → M19 sl.
► RAIN NIGGER-BABIES vb. to rain hard → Bk1942 Amer. sl., offensive (Bk.)
► RAIN ON vb. 1. to make suffer; to beat up; to lose one’s temper with → 1920 US sl.
vb. 2. to kill → 1920 US sl.
► RAIN ON SOMEONE’S PARADE vb. to spoil something for someone → 1964 colloq.
► RAIN-PIT n. an indentation made in the ground by a raindrop → 1841
► RAIN PITCHFORKS vb. to rain in torrents; to rain very heavily → 20C Amer. sl.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND BULLFROGS vb. to rain very hard → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND BULL YEARLINGS vb. to rain very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND CHICKEN COOPS vb. to rain in torrents → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND DARNING NEEDLES vb. to rain in torrents → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND NIGGER-BABIES vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl., offensive (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND SHOVELS vb. to rain hard → 19C sl.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES DOWNWARD vb. to rain very heavily → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES ON BOTH ENDS vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAINPOUR n. a downpour;  a sudden, very heavy rain → 1970 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PUPPY DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial., offensive
► RAIN PUPS AND PUSSIES vb. to rain very hard → 1990 US sl.
► RAIN ROOM n. a shower room → 1968 US sl.
► RAIN-ROT n. the circle of rotted dead leaves round the foot of a tree → 1902 Sc.
► RAIN SEED n. one of a group of usually small mottled clouds thought to presage rain → 1869 Amer. dial.
► RAIN-SHAKER n. an umbrella → 1950 Amer. jocular usage
► RAIN SMIRR n. fine misty rain → 1925 Sc.
► RAIN-SOU n. the slight moaning of the wind on a cloudy day betokening rain → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN STAIR-RODS vb. to rain hard → 20C sl.
► RAINSTICK n. an umbrella → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TADPOLES vb. to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN THE DEVIL AND PITCHFORKS vb. to rain very heavily → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOAD n. a tree frog → 1928 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOAD-FROGS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOADS vb. to rain heavily → 1927 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOADS AND FROGS vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOADS AND PITCHFORKS vb. to rain heavily → 1908 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOMCATS AND NIGGER BABIES vb. to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial., offensive
► RAIN TRAMS AND OMNIBUSES vb. to rain hard → E20 sl.
► RAIN-TREE n. 1. an umbrella → 1898 Sc.
n. 2. the beam in a chimney, or over a fire, on which pots, kettles, etc. are hung → 19C Sc. obs.
► RAINWATER n. coffee → 1930 US prison sl.
► RAINWORM n. the common earthworm → 1000
► RAINY adj. of the eyes: shedding tears; tearful → 1563
► RAINY BOW n. the rainbow → 1649 obs.
► RAINY CITY n. Manchester, UK → 1981 UK sl.
► RAINY CLOCK n. the ladybird → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAINY CLOCKER n. the ladybird → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAINY DAY n. a time of need → 1580
► RAINY-DAY WOMAN n. marijuana; a marijuana cigarette → 1960 US drug culture sl.