rapscallion (i as y)

& a. [A form of rascal lion (q. v.).] A. As subst .: A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. "Ay did they, mony ane o' them, the rapscallions !"Scott: Bride of Lammer moor , ch. xxv. IMG:content-0215.jpg:[blocks in formation] rapture B. As adj .: Rascally, good-for-nothing. "To give no goods to those rapscallion servants." London Daily News . răp-scăl-lion-rỹ (1 as y), s. [ Eng.rapscallion; ry.] Rapscallions or rascals collectively. rapt, *rapte, pa. par. or a. & 8. [RAP (2), v. There is a confusion with Lat. rapt us, pa. par. of rapio=to snatch.] A. & B. As pa . par . or adjective : 1. Snatched or carried away; hurried. "Circled waters, rapt with whirling sway." Spenser: F. Q. , II. xii. 20. 2. Transported, enraptured; filled with transport or ecstasy. "A swete consent, of music's sacred sound, Doth rayse our mindes (as rapt ) al vp on high." Gas coigne: The Steele Glas , p. 553. 3. Completely absorbed, engaged, or engro ed. "You are rapt, sir, in some work." IMG:content-0216.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To transport, to ravish, to enrapture. "They in my defense are reasoning of my soil, As rapted with my wealth and beauties." Drayton: Polyolbion, s. 13. răp-ta-tör'-ēş, s . pl . [RAPTORES.] Ornith.: Illiger's name for the Raptores. *răp'-těr, *răp-tõr, s. [Lat. raptor , from rap tus , pa. par. of rapio =to seize, to snatch.] A ravisher, a plunderer. "Winifrid, who chose To have her life by the lewd rapter spilt." Drayton: Polyolbion , s. 10.