| Rabbit | n | Coney |
| Rabbit hole | n | Clapper |
| Rabbit warren | n | Conyger |
| Rabbit, male | n | Buck |
| Rabbit, young | n | Pome |
| Rabbit-hole | n | Bout, Bury |
| Rabbit-run | n | Mesh |
| Rabble | n | Rabblement, Ribblerash |
| Rabble | n | Ribblerash |
| Racket | n | Clacket |
| Raft, build a | v | Raff |
| Rag | n | Flicket |
| Ragamuffin | n | Shab-Rag |
| Rage (1) | v | Tave |
| Rage (2) | n | Tilt |
| Ragged | adj | Raggelt, Raggety |
| Ragged man | n | Flipperty-Gibbet |
| Ragged robin | adj | Indian-pink |
| Rags | n | Jamrag, Lippets. Littocks |
| Rail | n | Pale |
| Rain heavily | v | Duggle |
| Rainbow | n | Rainball |
| Rainy | adj | Cluttery, Labber, Lippery. Lipping, Lippy. Slattery |
| Raise the roof | v | Thatch, Lift the |
| Raisin | n | Fig |
| Rake | v | Croop |
| Rake hay into lines | v | Wally |
| Rake peat | v | Clum |
| Rake used for removing stones from a brook | n | Hale |
| Rake, large | n | Heel-Rake |
| Ram not used as breeding stock | n | Teaser |
| Ram, castrated | n | Glib |
| Rancid | adj | Rafty, Ram, Rancy |
| Randomly | adv | Vorlus Snorlus |
| Rankle | v | Rangle |
| Ransack | v | Ramsack, Rummage |
| Rapids | n | Stickle |
| Rapscallion | n | Raskallion |
| Rascal | n | Radical |
| Rash | n | Hash |
| Raspberry | n | Framboise |
| Rat | n | Muggleton |
| Ratbag | n | Cat-A-Mountain |
| Rather | adv | Slay (2) |
| Rather great | adj | Greatish |
| Rattle (1) | n | Clacker |
| Rattle (2) | v | Happen, Ruggle |
| Ravel | v | Marl |
| Ravenous | adj | Devourous, Rannel, Rhaa, Rigg |
| Ravine | n | Crundel, Dingle, Dulkin |
| Raw | adj | Rey |
| Raw (of milk) | adj | Cowerd |
| Rawhide | n | Felt |
| Ray of light | n | Blink |
| Razorbill | n | Parrot-billed Willock |
| Reach (of wagon) | n | Thorough-Pole |
| Reach for | v | Ream |
| Read banns | v | Spur |
| Read verses in turn | v | Verse |
| Reader in church | n | Churchman |
| Ready | adj | Aready |
| Reapers | v | Cokers |
| Reaping-hook | n | Sasin |
| Reaping-Hook, large | n | Youngen-Hook |
| Rear | adv | Backside |
| Rear up | v | Upstart |
| Rear up (of horse) | v | Furmit |
| Rearward (1) | n | Hind |
| Rearward (2) | adj | Hinder |
| Reason | n | Sake |
| Reassemble | v | Piecen |
| Rebellion | n | Rumbullion |
| Recall | v | Hearken |
| Reckless | adj | Boris-Noris |
| Reckoning | n | Upshot |
| Recollect | v | Umbethink |
| Red | adj | Erd |
| Red Campion | n | Robin Hood |
| Red ochre | n | Redding, Reddle |
| Red Valerian | n | Delicate Bess |
| Red-Backed Shrike | n | Pope |
| Red-Breasted Merganser | n | Razorbill |
| Red-faced | adj | Blowze |
| Redhead | n | Carrot-poll, Dane |
| Redness of complexion | n | Rud |
| Red-Nosed | adj | What-Nosed |
| Redshank | n | Yelper |
| Redspur Valerian | n | Bovisand Soldier, Drunken Sailor, Quiet Neighbours |
| Redstart | n | Fiery Redtail |
| Redwing | n | Windle, Wind-Thrush, Winnard |
| Reed | n | Rud |
| Reed bunting | n | Black-Cap |
| Reed, bundle of | n | Rawler |
| Reed-mace | n | Dod |
| Reeds | n | Sag |
| Reeds, bundle of | n | Brawler |
| Reedy Meadow-Grass | sb | Withers |
| Reek | v | Ream |
| Reflective screen to hasten cooking | n | Hastener |
| Refractory | adj | Reffatory |
| Refrain (of song) | n | Keeping |
| Refreshment, liquid | n | Refresher |
| Refusal | n | Refuse |
| Refuse | n | Refuge, Scroff |
| Refuse (of horse) | v | Sulk |
| Refuse from cider press | n | Cider-muck |
| Refuse from lard | n | Gribble |
| Refuse from tallow-making | n | Graves |
| Refuse of flax | n | Skimps |
| Refuse wood | n | Spillwood |
| Regular | adj | Steady-Wholesome |
| Reiterate | v | Rhyme |
| Relaxation | n | Spell |
| Release | v | Liberty |
| Release the hounds | v | Huss |
| Relight fire | v | Catch Up |
| Remainder | n | Rest-part |
| Rematch | n | Return bout |
| Remedy in mummer's play | n | Liptupain |
| Remember | v | Call Home |
| Remnant | n | Remlet |
| Remote | adj | Snig |
| Rend | v | Rent |
| Rendezvous | v | Rumsey-Voosey |
| Renege | v | Fainaigue, Reneague |
| Rennet | n | Irenese, Runnet |
| Rent paid by Dartmoor foresters to Duchy of Cornwall | n | Venville |
| Rent paid to lord of manor | n | Sacrifield-Rents |
| Rent, small | n | Larding Money |
| Renter | n | Proctor |
| Repair | v | Caddle, Wright |
| Repair ineptly | v | Conjobbe |
| Report | n | Rousen |
| Reproach, term of | n | Sontross |
| Reproof | n | Noise |
| Reptilian vertebrae | n | Bobbins |
| Resemble | v | Apropo, Feature, Imitate, Ment |
| Resist | v | Outstand |
| Resounding | adj | Rousing |
| Respectable | adj | Gradeley |
| Rest | v | Leath |
| Rest-Harrow (plant) | n | Cammock, Lewte |
| Restive | adj | Resolute |
| Restless | adj | Tavering |
| Restless, be | v | Frand |
| Restlessly | adv | Twitterty-Snip |
| Restlessness, physical | n | Live-blood |
| Restrain | v | Contain |
| Restraint for animal | n | Clog |
| Restraint for cattle | n | Bomble |
| Retch | v | Keck, Urge |
| Reticule | n | Radicle |
| Retrace steps | v | Hark |
| Retraction | n | Back-Word |
| Reward, false | n | Putty-medal |
| Rheumatism | n | Romantics |
| Ribwort | n | Black-Man |
| Ribwort Plantain | n | Baskets, Planted |
| Rickety | adj | Broke-backed, Ramshackled, Ramshackley, Rixy, Shacketty |
| Rickyard | n | Bannet-Hay, Mowhay |
| Ridge dividing ploughed fields | n | Lincher, Linchet |
| Ridge of fresh-cut hay | n | Wale |
| Ridge of grassland | n | Benn |
| Ridges in furrowed land | n | Bends |
| Ridges in horse track | n | Keckers |
| Ridge-tile | n | Cress |
| Riff-raff | n | Rip-Raff |
| Right foot | n | Better |
| Right hand | n | Better |
| Right of feeding in the stubbles | n | Gratings |
| Right to lease apples | n | Striddling |
| Rightly | adv | Rightful |
| Rightward | adv | Ramward |
| Rigmarole | n | Rabble-Rote |
| Rimy | adj | Snotty |
| Ring (1) | n | Fawny |
| Ring (2) | v | Ringle, Tang |
| Ring (of bell) | v | Wulve |
| Ring on which teasels were hung for sale | n | Sickle |
| Ring ouzel | n | Michaelmas Blackbird, Mountain-Colly |
| Ring, iron or brass | n | Ferrule |
| Ringleader | n | Rurfin |
| Rinse | v | Rench |
| Rip (1) | n | Skag |
| Rip (2) | v | Slent, Unrip |
| Ripe | adj | Mellow |
| Ripple | n | Cockle |
| Rise (of pastry) | v | Flem |
| Rise to the bait (of trout) | v | Quap |
| River | n | Bach |
| Riverbanks | n | Overs |
| Rivulet | n | Willis |
| Roadkill | n | Misfortune meat |
| Road-scraper | n | Rabble |
| Roam | v | Gamoon |
| Roar | v | Boo |
| Robin | n | Bobby, Bob-Robin, Hirdick, Reddock, Ruddock |
| Robust | adj | Stucky |
| Rock (1) | n | Pill |
| Rock (2) | v | Ruckee |
| Rock Dove | n | Rocker |
| Rock whiting | n | Blin, Glower |
| Rock, projecting | n | Spur-Stone |
| Rock, thin | n | Quoit |
| Rod rest for anglers | n | Cader |
| Rogationtide | n | Rogyng |
| Rogationtide festival held in Shaston | n | Bezant |
| Roll | v | Troll |
| Roller, toothed | n | Scratcher |
| Rollicking | adj | Rollicky |
| Roman Catholic | n | Papish |
| Roman Catholicism | n | Papistry |
| Romp (1) | n/v | Courant |
| Romp (2) | n | Pant |
| Romp (3) | v | Rant, Rumpse, Steehop, Teehoss |
| Roof | n | Shennel |
| Roof slate, size 5 | n | Wibbit |
| Roof-beam | n | Lijon |
| Roofer | n | Hillier |
| Roof-slate, small | n | Scantle |
| Roof-tile | n | Crease (1) |
| Room | n | Roomth |
| Roost close together (of partridges) | v | Jug |
| Roost for hens | n | Eve (1) |
| Rooster | n | Roost-Cock |
| Root (like pig) | v | Grout, Rookle, Rout, Snuzzle |
| Root (of plant) | n | More |
| Root (of tooth) | n | Sprang |
| Rope threaded with corks to mark mussel beds | n | Balch |
| Rope, strand of | n | Leach |
| Rose, wild | n | Hip-briar, Humack |
| Rosebay | n | Tame-Withy |
| Rose-Gall | n | Robin Redbreast's Pincushion |
| Rose-hip | n | Tickler, Tickling-Tommy |
| Rot | v | Slope, Root |
| Rot | v | Root |
| Rotate crops | v | Hitch |
| Rotten | adj | Darricky |
| Rotten (of potatoes) | adj | Smaak |
| Rotten (of wood) | adj | Dodderky, Droxy, Ripe |
| Rough | adj | Churly, Rowey |
| Rough (of beer) | adj | Quarred |
| Rough (of marshes) | adj | Rounty |
| Rough (of weather) | adj | Rude |
| Rough justice | n | Lydford Law |
| Rough music | n | Badger's Band, Skimmington |
| Rough up | n | Touser |
| Roughly | adv | Rash |
| Rounders | n | Stool-Ball |
| Round-shouldered | adj | Bible-Back, Peddle-Backed |
| Rouse | v | Rousle, Roust |
| Rouse deer wih few hounds | v | Tuft |
| Row | n | Rew |
| Row (of plants) | n | Rill |
| Row gondolier style | v | Sheave |
| Rowboat | n | Gig |
| Rowdy | adj | Sprailing |
| Rows of corn in an ear | n | Chess |
| Rub | v | Rud (3) |
| Rub horns on tree to remove velvet (of stag) | v | Fray (2) |
| Rubbing the hand up and down the face | v | Courtship and matrimony |
| Rubbish | n | Culch, Gob, Roughage, Scowle, Scrawfe |
| Ruckus | n | Bob’s-A-Dying, Rucket |
| Ruddle | n | Tiver |
| Ruddy | adj | Cherry |
| Ruddy-faced | adj | Browsy |
| Rude | adj | Cutted |
| Ruff (clothing) | n | Partlet |
| Ruffian | n | Ruffatory |
| Ruffle | v | Tuffle |
| Ruffle feathers | v | Gake |
| Ruffling of shirt sleeves | n | Vinss |
| Rumour | n | Sound |
| Rump of animal | n | Mug |
| Rump of beef | n | Aitch-Bone |
| Rump steak | n | Butt |
| Rumple | v | Frowze |
| Run | v | Lop, Rin |
| Run (of hare) | v | Peel |
| Run around | v | Scant |
| Run away | v | Scamp |
| Run silently (of hounds) | v | Run Mute |
| Run very fast | v | Run like a Skeaner |
| Running around after | v | Kettlehammering |
| Running board | n | Lade |
| Runt | n | Anthony-Pig, Cad, Darling, Doll, Nestling, Nicholas, Nurk, Ratling, Rinnick, Tantony's Pig, Ticky-Pig, Tony-Pig, Treseltrype, Wosset |
| Run-up, take a | v | Feer |
| Rural | adj | Wold |
| Rush (plant) | n | Rix |
| Rushes, made of | adj | Rushen |
| Rustle | v | Fissle, Whiffle |
| Rustling | adj | Hursling |
| Rusty | adj | Ruggley |
| Rut | n | Ruck |
| Rut (in road) | n | Gurt |
| Rut made by cart-wheel | n | Loose |
| Rye | n | Frag |
| Rye-Grass | n | Rye, Tinker-Tailor |
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