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RATH
Etymology 1
Noun
rath (plural raths)
(historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
Etymology 2
Noun
rath (plural raths)
A Burmese carriage of state.
Etymology 3
Adjective
rath (comparative more rath, superlative most rath)
Alternative form of rathe.
Anagrams
• Arth, HART, Hart, Thar, hart, tahr, thar
Source: Wiktionary
Rath, n. Etym: [Ir. rath.]
1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] Spencer.
2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
Rath, Rathe, a. Etym: [AS. hræ\'eb, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hrathr.]
Definition: Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic] Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton.
Rath, Rathe, adv.
Definition: Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic] Why rise ye up so rathe Chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spencer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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