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Definition: Rath
Rath
\Rath\ (r[a^]th), n. [Ir. rath.]
1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] --Spenser.
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2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
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Rath
\Rath\, Rathe
\Rathe\ (r[a^]th), a. [AS. hr[ae][eth],
hr[ae]d, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hra[eth]r.]
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
\Rath\, Rathe
\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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