Dictionary: RAIR – RAIZ

• RAIRD
n. 1. a loud noise or clamour; a riot; confusion; a sudden report …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
n. 2. the noise made by eructation; a backward breaking of wind …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 1. to make a loud noise; to shout, to roar; to make a cracking sound …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 2. to make a noise by eructation; to break wind …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAISE
n. 1. a levy …c1500 obs. rare
n. 2. the act of raising; uplifting, elevation …1538 obs.
n. 3. a pile of stones; a cairn …1695 N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. a tip or monetary contribution, whether given voluntarily or extorted …M19 sl.
n. 5. a substantial amount of (stolen) money …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 6. a practical joke; a piece of fun and horseplay at another’s expense; a jest …1866 Sc.
n. 7. a rising passage or road …1877
n. 8. an increase in salary or wages …L19 sl.
n. 9. a state of extreme bad temper; a frenzy …1894 Sc.
n. 10. a robbery …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a rise in the level of a stream; a flood …1927 Amer. dial.
n. 12. a pocket …1940s African-American sl.
n. 13. an arm …1940s African-American sl.
n. 14. a small hill; a rise …1969 Amer. dial.
n. 15. parents …1972 US sl.
n. 16. stake money; a monetary profit …2000 UK sl.
vb. 1. to exalt one’s name, state, etc. …a1425 rare
vb. 2. to tear; to scratch; to cut …c1475 obs.
vb. 3. to erase or raze …1530-1 obs.
vb. 4. to encourage or inspire a person with courage, confidence, hope, etc. …1533 obs.
vb. 5. to graze, to touch …1591 obs.
vb. 6. to cause to abandon a siege …1592 obs.
vb. 7. to extol, to laud …c1631 rare
vb. 8. to sing; also, to begin to sing, to strike up …1653
vb. 9. to arouse, to awaken, to alarm, to make to get out of bed …1729 Sc.
vb. 10. to excite, to agitate, to provoke, to rouse to excitement or anger; to madden, to infuriate, to vex …1768 chiefly Sc.
vb. 11. to reach the top of a hill or rise …1804 Amer. dial.
vb. 12. to restore one who is confined to bed to health …1821 Amer. dial.
vb. 13. in curling: to strike and move forward another stone of one’s own side towards the tee …1844 Sc.
vb. 14. to expectorate; to bring up phlegm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 15. to obtain, to get hold of …20C sl.
vb. 16. to forge cheques …1940s UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 17. to make a signal by raising one’s hat …1940s US criminals’ sl.
vb. 18. to steal …1940s US criminals’ sl.
vb. 19. to get hold of some money, legally or otherwise …1940s W. Indies sl.
vb. 20. to identify yourself to a fellow traveller …1957 US sl.
vb. 21. to stop, to pause …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 22. to go, to leave …1960s US sl.
vb. 23. to escape, to get out of, to be released from prison …1960s US sl.
vb. 24. of a male: to achieve an erection …1971 Bahamas
vb. 25. to bail someone out of jail …1973 US sl.
vb. 26. to have a good time …1980s US college sl.
 
• RAISE A CLOUD
vb. L17 sl. – to smoke a pipe of tobacco  
 
• RAISE A KITE
vb. 1940s W. Indies sl. – to grumble, to make a fuss  
 
• RAISE ALL BILLY HELL
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to make a big fuss
 
• RAISE AN ANTS’ NEST
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. – to make trouble, to foster an argument  
 
• RAISE ARSE UPWARDS
vb. 17C – to be lucky
 
• RAISE A STINK
vb. 1851 sl. – to complain vigorously; to make a big issue about  
 
• RAISE BLAZES
vb. M19 sl., orig. US – to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss  
 
• RAISE CAIN
vb. 1. 1849 – to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance; to cause a commotion; to make a lot of trouble  
vb. 2. 1840 – to become angry or violent
vb. 3. 1840 – to react or protest heatedly
 
• RAISED
adj. 1704 Sc. – infuriated, irascible, wild, frenzied, over-excited  
 
• RAISED AMONG ANIMALS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED AND NOT REARED
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED A PERFECT OUTLAW
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE-DEVIL
adj. devil-raising …c1661 nonce word obs.
 
• RAISED GRAVY
n. a gravy usually made from the drippings and scraps left in the pan after frying meat …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A BACKWOODS
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A BARN
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1908 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A BARNYARD
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A BUNKHOUSE
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A CAVE
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A CHICKEN COOP
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A CHICKEN HOUSE
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A COW PEN
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A DUMP
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A GUTTER
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A HOGPEN
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A JUNGLE
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A MILL
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN AN ALLEY
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A PIGPEN
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A PIGSTY
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A SALOON
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A SAWMILL
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A STABLE
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A STY
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A WOODS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN A ZOO
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN BACK OF THE FIELD
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE BACKWOODS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE BARN
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE BOONDOCKS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE GUTTER
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE HILLS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE JUNGLE
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE LOT
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE MOUNTAINS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE NEW GROUND
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE PINEY WOODS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE REFORMATORY
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE PINEY WOODS
adj. unmannerly, unpleasant …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE SLUMS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE STICKS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE STONE AGE
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE WILDERNESS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE WOODS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED IN THE YARD
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED-LIKE
adj. excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAISED LIKE TOPSY
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISEDLY
adv. in an elevated or excited manner …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
• RAISED ON A FARM
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON A HILLSIDE
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON A RAFT
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON MECHANIC STREET
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON THE HILL
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON THE SAWMILL
adj. unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON THE STREET
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED OUT IN THE COUNTRY
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE DOWN
vb. to lower …1970 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED UP ALONE
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED UP IN A BARN
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED UP IN A SHIT HOUSE
adj. ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED UP WITH THE HOGS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE DUST
vb. to hurry, to go quickly …1910s US sl.
 
• RAISED WITH THE CHICKENS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED WITH THE NAVAJOS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED WITH THE PIGS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISED WRONG
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE GRAVY
vb. to make a disturbance …1998 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE HADES
vb. to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss …M19 sl., orig. US
 
• RAISE HAIL
vb. to create a disturbance, to ‘raise hell’ …20C
 
• RAISE HAIR
vb. to scalp …M19 US sl.
 
• RAISE HECK
vb. to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss …M19 sl., orig. US
 
• RAISE HELL
vb. 1. to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance; to make a lot of trouble; to go on a rampage …1849 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to complain vociferously …a1911 sl.
vb. 3. to criticize or castigate thoroughly and in anger, to reprimand severely …1920s sl.
vb. 4. to celebrate rowdily …1920s sl.
vb. 5. to go on a drinking spree and get drunk …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
 
• RAISE HELL AND STICK A PROP UNDER IT
vb. to castigate, to reprimand severely …1920s sl.
 
• RAISE HELL AND TOMMY
vb. to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance …1849 Amer. sl.
 
• RAISE HOB
vb. to cause as much trouble as one can …1910s US sl.
 
• RAISE IN FLESH
vb. to make plump …1608 obs.
 
• RAISE JACK
vb. to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1867 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE JESSE
vb. to rebuke with vigour; to thrash …1847 Amer. sl.
 
• RAISEMENT
n. 1. the act of raising …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an advance, increase, rise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAISE MERRY HELL
vb. to cause trouble, upheaval, or a disturbance; to complain vociferously …a1911 sl.
 
• RAISE MERRY HELL AND PUT A SHINGLE UNDER IT
vb. to castigate, to reprimand severely …1920s sl.
 
• RAISE MERRY NED
vb. to create a commotion, disturbance. or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time …1906 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE METRE
vb. to write verse …1844 Sc.
 
• RAISE-MY-THOUGHTS
n. a drink of rum …1900s W. Indies sl.
 
• RAISE NED
vb. to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance …1849 sl.
 
• RAISE NEDDY-JINGO
vb. to create a commotion, disturbance, or trouble …1958 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE OLD HARRY
vb. to cause a disturbance; to make trouble …M19 sl.
 
• RAISE OLD NED
vb. to create a commotion, disturbance. or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time …1942 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE OLD SCRATCH
vb. to cause a disturbance …M18 sl.
 
• RAISE ON
vb. to turn upon in anger, to attack …1828 Sc.
 
• RAISE ONE DOWNSTAIRS
vb. to get a disadvantage instead of an advantage …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAISE ONE’S HAIR
vb. to frighten …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE PROMISCUOUS NED
vb. to create a commotion, disturbance. or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time …1848 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISER
n. 1. one who spreads scandal …c1460
n. 2. a builder …1607
n. 3. one who causes dissension …1570 Sc.
n. 4. leaven or yeast …1758
n. 5. a criminal who specializes in forging increases in the amount payable to an otherwise legitimate cheque or security …1950 US sl.
n. 6. a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police …1992 US sl.
 
• RAISE RIM
vb. to make a disturbance or rumpus …1917 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE SAM
vb. to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance …1968 Amer., dial.
 
• RAISE SAND
vb. 1. to cause a disturbance, stir, or commotion …L19 US sl.
vb. 2. to complain …1930s sl.
vb. 3. to celebrate wildly; to enjoy oneself in a wild, boisterous manner, usually with much noise and whisky; to be drunk and boisterous …1953 Amer. colloq.
vb. 4. to argue loudly, creating a problem …1965 US sl.
vb. 5. to fight …1980s US criminals’ sl.
 
• RAISE SHIT
vb. to cause trouble, to make a fuss …1990s US sl.
 
• RAISE THE BREEZES
vb. to obtain money; to obtain a loan …L18 sl.
 
• RAISE THE COLOUR
vb. to discover gold …M19 Aust. sl.
 
• RAISE THE DEVIL
vb. to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion …1841
 
• RAISE THE DOWN
vb. to give the alarm …E19 Sc. criminals’ sl.
 
• RAISE THE MARKET
vb. to charge a higher price …1535
 
• RAISE THE MISCHIEF
vb. to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion …c1865
 
• RAISE THE PLACE
vb. to make an uproar or disturbance …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAISE THE REEK
vb. to fire a gun …1833 Sc.
 
• RAISE THE ROOF
vb. to cause an uproar; to make a great noise …M19 sl.
 
• RAISE THE TOMAHAWK
vb. to take up arms in warfare, to commence hostilities …1812
 
• RAISE THE WIND
vb. 1. to procure money or necessary means …a1350
vb. 2. to create a rumour; to make up stories …L19 sl.
 
• RAISE-UP
n. an armed robbery or hold-up …1940s US criminals’ sl.
(verbs as ‘raise up’)
vb. 1. to leave a place …1970s African-American sl.
vb. 2. to be given leave or parole to leave a prison …1970s US prison sl.
vb. 3. to get out of the way …1990s African-American teen sl.
vb. 4. to prepare oneself, such as for a fight …1990s African-American sl.
vb. 5. to warn someone …1992 US sl.
vb. 6. to make someone angry …2001 US sl.
 
• RAISE UP FUSS
vb. to gather strength …1968 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISE-VELVET
adj. superfine …1603 obs. rare
 
• RAISH
n. a harsh swish …1710 obs. rare
 
• RAISIGO
adj. of weather: rough, blustery, stormy …1828 Sc.
 
• RAISIN
n. 1. a cluster of grapes; a grape …1382 obs.
n. 2. a Black person …1970s sl., derogatory
 
• RAISIN BAG
n. the scrotum …1990s Can. sl.
 
• RAISIN-BRAIN
n. a fool; a term of abuse …1990s African-American sl.
 
• RAISING
n. 1. a rousing, an alarm …1820 Sc.
n. 2. yeast or other leavening agent …1872 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the noise made in crying or sobbing …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 4. a boil, an abscess, or other swelling …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISING GRAVY
n. a gravy usually made from the drippings and scraps left in the pan after frying meat …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISINHEAD
n. a Black person …1978 US sl., offensive
 
• RAISIN JACK
n. a potent and vile alcoholic beverage brewed by letting raisins ferment, usually in prison …1986 US sl.
 
• RAISIN PICKER
n. on the railway: a worker from Fresno, California …1975 US sl.
 
• RAISIN SNAP
n. alcohol made from fermented raisins …1988 US sl.
 
• RAISINS OF THE SUN
n. sun-dried grapes …1544
 
• RAISIN WITH THE MUMPS
n. among loggers: a prune …1972 Amer. dial.
 
• RAISURE
n. elevation …1613 obs. rare
 
• RAIT
adj. rotten …1851 Eng. dial.
n. rubbish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to cause to rot or to injure by exposure …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAITH
n. 1. a quarter of a year; three months …a1300 Sc.
n. 2. a term at school; a three-monthly period of full-time education …1826 Sc.
 
• RAIZE
vb. to annoy or harass someone …1991 US sl.