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▪ I. rax, n.1 Sc.
[f. racks, pl. of rack n.2 2.]
A roasting-rack (see quot. 1808). Chiefly pl.
1697Inv. Furniture in Scott. N. & Q. (1900) Dec. 90/2 A pair of raxes, two spits, a frying pann. 1717Ramsay Elegy Lucky Wood v, Rax, chandlers, tangs, and fire⁓shools. 1808Jamieson, Raxes, iron instruments consisting of various links, on which the spit is turned at the fire, andirons. 1824Scott Ep. Lockhart 42 Speates and raxes..for a famishing guest, sir.
▪ II. rax, n.2 Sc. and north. dial.
[f. rax v.]
A stretch, an act of stretching; a strain, wrench.
1790D. Morison Poems 118 To tak a turn an' gi'e my legs a rax, I'll through the land. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 146 They grippit,..And, wi' enormous raxes, soucht T' unsaddle ane anither. 1855–in northern glossaries (Northumbld., Yks.).
▪ III. rax, v. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 9 Sc. raux.
[OE. raxan, of obscure formation. The word is rarely found in ME. (cf. also the variant rask), but is common in older and modern Sc.]
I. intr.
1. To stretch oneself after sleep. † to rax up, to start or waken up from a swoon.
a1000Prose Life Guthlac xii. (1848) 60 Swa he of hefeᵹum slæpe raxende awoce. a1300Cursor M. 24351 (Gött.) Þat suime was of mi soru suage, Bot quen i raxed vp..I ne wist bot walaway. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 398 He roxed [v.r. raxed] and rored and rutte atte laste. 1715Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. i, Carles wha heard the cock had crawn, Begoud to rax and rift. 1805A. Scott Poems (1808) 109 (E.D.D.) The drowsy queen Raise rauxing, gaunting rub'd her een.
2. To become longer by pulling, to stretch; † to be hanged.
1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 368 Thou has a wedy teuch..about thy crag to rax. 1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 1165 The Rauin said: god, nor I rax in ane raipe. 1785Fergusson's Sc. Prov. No. 730 Raw leather raxes. 1876–in northern glossaries (Northumbld., Yks.).
b. To wax, grow, become. rare—1.
a1774Fergusson Farmer's Ingle Poems (1845) 36 Wad they to labouring lend an eident hand, They'd rax fell strang upon the simplest fare.
c. to rax out: (see quot.).
1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), s.v., As applied to the weather, to rax out means to clear up, when the clouds begin to open, and expand themselves, so that the sky is seen.
3. To extend the hand, etc.; to reach out (for).
a1585Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 367 Then Dreid..Forbad my minting anie mair, To raxe aboue my reiche. 1720Ramsay Wealth 10 Wha rax for riches or immortal fame. 1824Scott St. Ronan's x, Ye..raxed ower the tether maybe a wee bit farther than ye had ony right to do. 1893Crockett Stickit Minister 145 Raxing for a peat to light his pipe.
†4. To extend one's sphere or power; to have sway or rule; to prevail or have course. Obs. (15–16th c. Sc.)
c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. iii. (Cock & Fox) xxi, He..traistit ay to rax and sa to rin [etc.]. Ibid. v. (Parl. Beasts) xlvii, Than sall ressoun ryis, rax, and ring. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 91 Mony theif and tratour in his tyme Raxit and rang. Ibid. II. 465 In Albione than wes gude peax and rest, Bot rycht schort quhile tha leit it rax or lest. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 346 He will not rax long nor ȝeit haue his realme in peace and rest.
II. trans.
5. refl. To stretch or strain (oneself).
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Rel. Ant. II. 80/1 Raxes him, se espreche. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 703 Þat bysnyne..vaknit as of hewy slepe, & raxit hyme. 1513Douglas æneis iv. xi. 93 Thrise scho hir self raxit vp for to rise. Ibid. vi. xiv. 45 Considdir Torquatus ȝondir doith hym rax. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1829) 28 He should seem to rax himself, and shake loose off his arm. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), s.v., To rax oneself, is to extend the limbs, after sleep or long sitting. 1863G. Macdonald D. Elginbrod i. x, Tak' care an' nae rax yersel ower sair.
6. To stretch (a thing) by pulling.
1513Douglas æneis xi. xvi. 61 Now hir handis raxit it euery stede. 1613P. Forbes Comm. Revelation 229 He had a long chaine, which yet was further raxed. 1786Burns Ordination i, Ye wha leather rax an' draw. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. v, When ye gang to see a man..raxing a halter. 1861Ramsay Remin. Ser. ii. 106 If I could win at him, I wud rax the banes o' him.
b. To strain (the eyes). rare.
1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 94 A man mith rax his een in vain Ere he could spy..an idol.
7. To reach or hand (a thing) to one; to deal (a blow).
1711Ramsay On Maggy Johnstoun vii, Death wi' his rung rax'd her a yowff. 1792A. Wilson On a Man sawing Timber, Rax me your haun. 1825J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. i. Wks. 1855 I. 8 Rax me ower the loaf. 1894A. Robertson Nuggets, etc. 70 Rax me the brandy bottle, an' pit it doon beside me.
8. To stretch or hold out (the hand, etc.); to elongate (the neck).
1742Forbes Ajax iii, Raxing out his gardies. 1788Picken Poems 88 The darksome e'ening raxes Her wings owre day. 1810J. Cock Simple Strains I. 89 (E.D.D.) Ye'll shortly see me rax my neck and craw. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. vii. (1860) 76 Just rax out your han' and tak' in my snuffbox.
Hence raxed ppl. a.; ˈraxing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 323 The raxeing consciences of conforme men. 1785Burns Ep. M'Math iv, Their three-mile prayers,..Their raxin' conscience. 1822Scott Nigel iii, That might have cost my craig a raxing. 1824― Redgauntlet ch. xi, Cloured crowns were plenty, and raxed necks came into fashion. 1876C. C. Robinson Gloss. Mid-Yorks. 110/2 A person will tell of ‘a nasty raxin' pain’ he is subject to. 1893R. L. Stevenson Catriona i. xiii. 143 My craig'll have to thole a raxing. 1898N. Munro John Splendid xv. 147 A raxed shoulder he had met with at Dumbarton. 1935A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. ix. 67 What he did mind was the bother when a tub ran off; it nearly killed him, the raxing and straining to lift it back upon the line. |