GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Rath , n. [Ir. rath.]
   A hill or mound. [Ireland]
   Spenser.
   
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   A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
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   { Rath, Rathe } , a. [AS. hræð, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hraðr.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic]
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   Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.
   Milton.
   
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   { Rath, Rathe, } adv. Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic]
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   Why rise ye up so rathe?
   Chaucer.
   
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   Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.
   Spenser.
   
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