Raia (raa)

[NL., also Raja, ray. Raiæ (ra'ē), n. pl. [NL., pl. of L. raia, a ray: see Raia.] An order or suborder of selachians, 4940 comprising the rays or skates, and distinguished by the position of the branchial apertures on the lower surface of the body, and the depre ed and disk-like trunk in combination with the outspread pectorals. Also called Batoidei. rai an (ra'an), a. and n. [ raible (rā'bl), v. A Scotch form of rabble1. Wee Miller neist the guard relieves, And orthodoxy raibles . Burns , Holy Fair. raid (rad), n. [Also rade ; rade , Northern form of rode , rād , a riding, = Icel. reidh , a riding, a raid: see road , of which raid is a variant, prob. in part from the cognate Icel.form.] 1. A hostile or predatory incursion; especially, an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a swooping a ault for injury or plunder; a foray. Then he a proclamation maid, All men to meet at Inverne , Throw Murray land to mak a raid . Battle of Harlaw (Child's Ballads, VII. 184). So the ruffians growl'd, Fearing to lose, and all for a dead man, Their chance of booty from the morning's raid . Tennyson, Geraint. Hence - 2. A sudden onset in general; an irruption for or as if for a ault or seizure; a descent made in an unexpected or undesired manner: as, a police raid upon a gambling-house. [Chiefly colloq.]