Scott: Rokeby

25. 6. Abounding in humor or wit; highly provocative of mirth or amusement; laughable, comical, funny; as, a rich joke. The rich : A rich man or person; rich people collectively. "The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; but the rich hath many friends." -Proverbs xiv. 20. Rich is frequently used in the formation of compounds, the meanings of which are sufficiently obvious, as rici - colored , rich - fleeced , rich - laden , . *rich-left, a. Inheriting great wealth. ( Shakes peare: Cymbeline, iv. 2.) *rich, v . t . [RICH, a .] To make rich; to enrich. "Of all these bounds With shadowy forests, and with champains rich'd We make thee lady." Shakesp.: Lear , i. 1.