RAJIL. _Arab._ Man. RANDADO._ Rom._ Written. From _randar_, P. ii. 276. RATERO. _Span._ Mean, scoundrelly. RAYA. _Span._ Border, boundary, or frontier. REAL. _Span._ and _Port._ Royal. REAL. _Span._ and _Port._ A coin or unit of value. The Spanish plural is _reales_; the Portuguese, _reis_ or _rees_. The Spanish real is worth about 2½_d._ English; the Portuguese only 1/20_d._, one thousand reis making the Portuguese dollar, or piece of mil reis, hence called a _milrei_ or _milreis_. REGATA. _Span._ A small channel, or, conduit. REJA. _Span._ The iron grating before a window looking on to the street of a town. The recognized trysting-place of a lover and his mistress. RELACION. _Span._ Relation, story. REMATAR. _Span._ and _Port._ To end, finish. _Que Dios remate tu nombre_! “May God blot out your name!” RENDER. _Span._ and _Port._ To yield, surrender. REPAÑI. _Rom._ Brandy. This word, given in 1876 (_v._ PLAKO), is derived by Pott from _repañi_ (_repañó_, J.), a radish, the connexion being the sharp taste of both (ii. 274). Remembering the “fire-water” of the Indians, the _aguardiente_ of Spain and Portugal, and the _tattopani_ of the Eng. gypsies, I am tempted to suggest another explanation. J. gives _ardiente_ = _carí_, and _aguardiente_ = _pañicarí_. Now _car_ (P. ii. 125) or _jar_ (_ib._ 171) = heat. Change the order of the words and _caripañi_ might shorten into _repañí_. REPOSTERO. _Span._ The butler, or majordomo, in a great house. The _reposteria_ is the plate-room, storeroom, or pantry. REPUTACION. _Span._ Reputation. _Gente de reputacion_, “swells,” “swagger people.” REQUISO. _Span._ Requisitioning (from _requerir_). A technical word; the authority that requisitions private property, horses, etc., for the use of the national army in time of war. REYNA. _Span._ Queen. RIA. _Span._ and _Port._ An estuary, as the mouth of a river. More particularly applied to the numerous bays on the Galician and Asturian coasts of Northwest Spain. RO, ROM. _Rom._ A husband; a married gypsy. _Roma_, the husbands, is the generic name of the gypsy nation, or Romany. P. ii. 275; A. 56; Pp. 462; M. viii. 58; McR. 91. ROMERO. _Span._ Rosemary. ROMI. _Rom._ A married gypsywoman; fem. of _rom_, a husband; a married gypsy. ROQUE. _Span._ and _Port._ The “rook,” or “castle,” at chess. Pers. _rukh_. The same word is used for the fabulous bird of immense size so often mentioned in Oriental tales. ROUBLE. _Russ._ A kind of Russian money, either silver or paper. Its present value is about two shillings. RUAH. Arab, and _Hebr._ Spirit. Used throughout the Old Test, to denote the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit. RUFIANESCO. _Span._ Ruffian, criminal. RUNE. _Eng._ (1) A letter of the ancient Scandinavian alphabet, usually carved on stone. (2) A short mystic sentence of Scandinavian origin. Norse and Danish _rune_, Swed. _runa_. * * * * *