POCKNET, _sb._ from O.N. _poki_, pouch and _net_, a net. A Dumfriesshire word. Not found in any Sco. text but given by Worsaae, p. 260, and in Jamieson, where the following description is given of pocknet fishing. This is performed by fixing stakes or stours, as they are called, in the sand either in the channel of a river, or in the sand which is dry at low water. These stours are fixed in a line across the tideway at a distance of 46 inches from each other, about three feet high above the sand, and between every two of these stours is fixed a pocknet, tied by a rope to the top of each stour." P. Dorneck, Dumr. Statist. Acc., II, 1. QUEY, QUOY, _sb._ a young cow, a yearling. Douglas, II, 178, 19; II, 299, 8; Burns, 595. O.N. Norse _kviga_, Dan. dial. _kvie_. Cp. Shetland _hwäi_ and _kwäi_. Cu. _why_, _wheye_ (guttural _wh_). QUHELM, WHELM, _vb._ to overturn, to turn upside down. Douglas, II, 64, 14; II, 264, 16. Burns, 66, 1, also written _quhelme_, _whamle_, _whemle_. In Cu. _whemmel_, M.E. _hwēlmen_. See Skeat under _whelm_. Cp. Norse _kvelm_ and _hvelm._ The O.N. _hvelfa_, N. Norse _kvelva_, means "to turn upside down." QUYOK, QUYACH, diminutive of _quey_, q. v. RA (rē), _sb._ a sail-yard. Douglas, II, 274, 16. O.N., Ic. _rá_, Dan. _raa_, Norse _raa_, Sw. _ra_, Shetland _roe_, a sail- yard. RAD, RED, _adj._ afraid. Bruce, XII, 431; Dunbar, T. M.W., 320; Montg. C. and S., 1392. O.N. _hræddr_, timid, frightened, Norse _rædd_, Dan. _ræd_, Sw. _rädd_, id., M.E. _rad_. Cp. O.N. _hræða_, to frighten, Norse _rædda._ RADNESS, _sb._ timidity, fear. R. R., 1166; 1660. Deriv. from _rad_, q.v. RADEUR, _sb._ fear. L.L., 1489. Sco. formation from _rad_ adj., afraid. M.E. _reddour_, _redour_ is a different word from O. Fr. _reidur_, later _roideur_, see B-S. RAGGED, _adj._ full of _rag_, ragwort. Burns, 103, 85. See _ragweed._ RAGWEED, _sb._ an herb, ragwort. Burns, 6, 5, 9. O.N. _rögg_, M.E. _ragge_ for which see B-S. Cp. Sw. dial. _ragg_, _rogga._ RAISE, RAIZE, _vb._ to incite, stir up. Burns, 6, 5, 4; and 7, 1, 1. Used here as Sco. _bait_ would be used, otherwise generally as Eng. _raise_, from O.N. _ræisa_. RAKE, RAIK (rēk), _vb._ to go, walk, wander, also depart. Dunbar, T. M.W., 524; Gol. and Gaw., 72; Psalms, XVIII, 10. O.N. _ræika_, to wander, Norse _ræka_, to wander about aimlessly. Cp. Cu. _rake_, a journey, "He's teann a rake ower to Kendal." See also Wall. RAMFEEZLED, _adj._ exhausted, fatigued. Burns, 42, 1, 3. One of a number of words in Sco. formed with _ram_, cp. _ramshackle_, _ramstam_, _rammous_, etc. The second element probably the same as Eng. _fizzle_ in the expression _to fizzle out_, fail, come to nought. See _fizz_ in Skeat. See _rammys_.