ranzdesvaches (as ransdevash)

[Fr.= The ranks or rows of cows, because the cattle on hearing the call move off in rows.] Music : The tunes or flourishes blown by Swi shepherds on their cow-horns or Alpine-horns (long tubes of fir-wood), as signals to the animals under their charge. They consist of a few broken intervals. răp (1), *rappe (1), *rap-pen, v . i . & t . [Dan. rap a rap, a tap: Sw. rapp =a stroke; rappa = to beat. A word of imitative origin; cf. pat , tap , .] A. Intransitive : 1. To knock; to strike with a sharp, quick blow. *2. To swear. [.] "I scorn to rap against any lady."- Fielding : Amelia, bk. i., ch. x. B. Trans.: To strike smartly; to hit with a sharp, quick blow. "They rap the door."-Prior: The Dove. To rap out : To utter with sudden violence. "He rapped out an oath or two."- Shelton : Don Quixote, iv. 18.