| Raathy | adj | Wrathful |
| Rabbit-flower | n | Yellow Toadflax |
| Rabble | n | Road-scraper |
| Rabblement (1) | n | Babble |
| Rabblement (2) | n | Rabble |
| Rabble-Rote | n | Rigmarole |
| Race (1) | n | Offal |
| Race (2) | n | Stonesfield slate, bed of |
| Race (3) | n | Gouge |
| Rack (1) | n | Neck (of mutton) |
| Rack (2) | n | Track |
| Racony | adj | Coarse (of cloth) |
| Raddle (1) | n | Long sticks twisted to make a hedge |
| Raddle (2) | n | Ochre, red |
| Rade | n | Trailer for cart |
| Radical | n | Rascal |
| Radicle | n | Reticule |
| Radish-Feast | n | Banquet at which a large number of radishes are consumed |
| Radling | n | Long sticks twisted to make a hedge |
| Raff | v | Raft, build a |
| Raft | v | Alarm |
| Rafter | v | Plough |
| Rafty | adj | Rancid |
| Rag (1) | n | Shale |
| Rag (2) | v | Scold |
| Rage | n | Pan, broken |
| Raggard | n | Vagabond |
| Raggelt | adj | Ragged |
| Ragget | v | Shred |
| Raggety | adj | Ragged |
| Rail (1) | n | Patronal feast of church |
| Rail (2) | v | Tease |
| Rail (3) | n | Memorial tablet in church |
| Rail (4) | v | Stagger |
| Raimy | adj | Skinny |
| Rain | v | Peel bark |
| Rainball | n | Rainbow |
| Raingle | n/v | Quarrel |
| Rait | n | Weeds in pond or river |
| Raker | n | One who rakes up litter behind a wagon |
| Rakin' | adj | Hungry |
| Raking | n | Corn raked up after harvesting |
| Rally (1) | v | Hurry |
| Rally (2) | v | Scold |
| Ralph-spooner | n | Fool |
| Ram (1) | v | Throw away |
| Ram (2) | adj | Rancid |
| Ram's-Claws | n | Creeping Buttercup |
| Ram-Jack, Every | n | Every one |
| Ramaking | adj | Stretched out |
| Rambler | n | Potato left in ground which comes up the next year |
| Rambling | adj | Overgrown |
| Rames | n | Skeleton |
| Rammacky | adj | Dissolute |
| Rammel (1) | n | Milk, raw |
| Rammel (2) | n | Brushwood |
| Rammely | adj | Overripe (of cereals) |
| Rammish | adj | Pungent |
| Ramp | n | Curve |
| Rampant | adj | Agonising |
| Rampse | v | Climb fast |
| Ramracketting | n | Party, Christmas |
| Ramsack | v | Ransack |
| Ramshackle | v | Crash around |
| Ramshackled | adj | Rickety |
| Ramshackley | adj | Rickety |
| Ramul | v | Gobble |
| Ramward | adv | Rightward |
| Ran | n | String, piece of |
| Ran-Dan | n | Knocking, loud |
| Rancy | adj | Rancid |
| Rand (1) | n | Skirt steak |
| Rand (2) | v | Canvass |
| Randing | adv | Piecemeal |
| Randivoose | n | Uproar |
| Randle | n | Oak, barked |
| Random | adj | Impulsive |
| Randybow | n | Uproar |
| Rane | v | Split |
| Range | v | Sift |
| Rangle (1) | v | Rankle |
| Rangle (2) | v | Entwine |
| Rank | n | Numerous |
| Rannel | adj | Ravenous |
| Ranny | n | Shrew |
| Rant (1) | v | Romp |
| Rant (2) | n | Tear (in material) |
| Rant-A-Come-Scour | n | Scold |
| Ranter | n | Primitive Methodist |
| Rantipike | n | Donkey |
| Rantipole | n | See-saw |
| Rap | n | Land, thin strip of |
| Rape | v | Scratch |
| Rapid | adj | Violent |
| Rapper | n | Lie |
| Rare (1) | adj | Grand |
| Rare (2) | adj | Early |
| Rash | adv | Roughly |
| Rasher | n | Slap |
| Raskallion | n | Rapscallion |
| Rasparated | adj | Exasperated |
| Raspberries And Cream | n | Hemp Agrimony |
| Rassel-Thrush | n | Mistle Thrush |
| Rassle | v | Creep (of vines etc) |
| Rat | int | Curse |
| Ratchetty | adj | Noisy |
| Rate, after the | adv | Properly |
| Rathe (1) | adj | Early |
| Rathe (2) | n | Trailer for cart |
| Rather | adv | Lately |
| Ratling | n | Runt |
| Rattler | n | Hellraiser |
| Raugh | n | Course, tortuous |
| Rauk | v | Scratch |
| Raunch | v | Devour |
| Raunge | v | Devour |
| Rave (1) | n | Trailer for cart |
| Rave (2) | v | Yell |
| Ravel | v | Entangle |
| Ravelling | n | Thread, loose |
| Rawl | v | Quarrel |
| Rawler | n | Reed, bundle of |
| Rawn | v | Devour |
| Rawny | adj | Skinny |
| Ray | v | Dress |
| Razorbill | n | Red-breasted Merganser |
| Read | n | Fourth stomach of ruminant |
| Readship | n | Confidence |
| Reaf | v | Tangle |
| Ream (1) | n | Cream |
| Ream (2) | v | Reach for |
| Ream (3) | v | Reek |
| Reamer | n | Anything excellent |
| Reaming | n | Excellent |
| Reapers, King of the | n | Elected leader of agricultural community |
| Rear up | v | Cleanse yarn in cloth-making |
| Rear-Mouse | n | Bat (animal) |
| Reared, Born and | phr | Born and bred |
| Rearing-Bone | n | Hip bone of pig |
| Reballing | v | Catching eels with ball of earthworms |
| Rebeck | n | Barn, enclosed part of |
| Rechase | v | Drive sheep |
| Reck | n | Hand-basket |
| Reckless | n | Auricula |
| Reckonings, Learn one's | v | Change one's ways |
| Rect | v | Direct |
| Red | v | Mark with red ochre |
| Redding | n | Red ochre |
| Reddle | v | Red ochre |
| Reddock | n | Robin |
| Reddypole | n | Pole for hanging pots |
| Reduct | v | Deduct |
| Ree | int | Go right (call to horse) |
| Reef (1) | n | Pimple |
| Reef (2) | n | Large area |
| Reeing-Sieve | n | Sieve, fine |
| Reel up | v | Double up |
| Reem | v | Tie quickly |
| Reese | v | Drop from over-ripeness (of grain) |
| Reest-baulk | v | Plough alternate furrows |
| Reeve (1) | n | Bailiff |
| Reeve (2) | v | Wrinkle |
| Reeve (3) | v | Sift winnowed grain |
| Reffatory | adj | Refractory |
| Refresher | n | Refreshment, liquid |
| Refuge | n | Refuse |
| Refuse | n | Refusal |
| Regal | n | Groove in wood |
| Regarder | n | New Foresr ranger |
| Regrater | n | Market stallholder |
| Remain | v | Village in the Corporation of Woodstock |
| Remlet | n | Remnant |
| Remmon | v | Move home |
| Remuce | adj | Ill-tempered |
| Rench | v | Rinse |
| Rend | v | Strip bark |
| Reneague | v | Renege |
| Rent | v | Rend |
| Renyard | n | Fox |
| Repeck | n | Pole to which punt is moored |
| Resolute | adj | Restive |
| Resolve | v | Explain |
| Rest-part | n | Remainder |
| Reticule | n | Basket, covered |
| Return bout | n | Rematch |
| Reull | v | Sit in strange postures |
| Revel | n | Patronal feast of church |
| Reverse | n | Chorus |
| Rew | n | Row |
| Rewden | n | Hat, straw |
| Rey | adj | Raw |
| Reynolds | v | Mistreat |
| Rhaa | adj | Ravenous |
| Rhume | n | Scurf |
| Rhyme | v | Reiterate |
| Rial | n | Bed of stone |
| Ribblerash | n | Rabble |
| Ribbon-Fern | n | Spider-Fern |
| Richard | n | Cock (poultry) |
| Richment | n | Manure |
| Rick-Rack | adj | Stormy |
| Rid | v | Move home |
| Riddam | n | Water tainted with iron oxide |
| Ridder | n | Sieve |
| Ridding | n | Clearing |
| Riddle (1) | n | Phlegm |
| Riddle (2) | v | Solve |
| Ride | n | Brook |
| Ridgel | n | Gelding |
| Ridger | n | Gelding |
| Ridmass | n | Holy Cross, feast of |
| Rife | n | Ditch, broad |
| Riff | n | Band of wooden faggot |
| Riffle | n | Scythe-sharpener, wooden |
| Rifle out | v | Drive out |
| Rift | n | Fence, thorny |
| Rifter | n | Wood, rotten |
| Rig (1) | n | Gelding |
| Rig (2) | n | Cider press |
| Rig (3) | v | Wriggle |
| Rig (4) | v | Mark sheep |
| Rigg | adj | Ravenous |
| Rigged | adj | Stale |
| Rigget | n | Woodlouse |
| Riggish | adj | Sour |
| Riggle | n | Notch |
| Riggleting | v | Wriggling |
| Riggy | adj | Sour |
| Rightful | adv | Rightly |
| Rightly | adv | Certainly |
| Rightship | n | Trustworthiness |
| Rigmutton | n | Hoochie |
| Rill | n | Row (of plants) |
| Rim | v | Move home |
| Rime | v | Bore hole |
| Rin | v | Run |
| Rind (1) | n | Bark (of tree) |
| Rind (2) | v | Melt |
| Ringing | v | Tying twine around a crab pot |
| Ringle | v | Ring |
| Rink | n | Trick |
| Rinnick | n | Runt |
| Rip | n | Whetstone |
| Ripe | adj | Rotten (of wood) |
| Ripp | v | Coop up (chicken) |
| Ripple | n | Scythe-sharpener, wooden |
| Rip-Raff | n | Riff-raff |
| Risement | n | Pay rise |
| Riser | n | Stile, top of |
| Rithe | n | Brook |
| Rittle | v | Wheeze |
| Rive (1) | n | Scent of fox or badger |
| Rive (2) | v | Split |
| Rive (3) | adj | Amorous |
| Rivel | v | Wrinkle |
| Rix | n | Rush (plant) |
| Rixe | n | Boxing match |
| Rixy (1) | n | Woman, argumentative |
| Rixy (2) | adj | Rickety |
| Rizzle | v | Creep |
| Roach (1) | n | Bed of stone |
| Roach (2) | n | Tangle |
| Roake | v | Steam |
| Roast Beef Plant | n | Stinking Iris |
| Roballing | v | Catching eels with ball of earthworms |
| Robert | n | Herb-Robert |
| Robin Hood | n | Red Campion |
| Robin Redbreast's Pincushion | n | Rose-Gall |
| Rochet | n | Cloak |
| Rock | n | Hoglet |
| Rocker | n | Rock Dove |
| Rockled | adj | Wrinkled |
| Roddick | n | Groove of axle |
| Rodney | n | Helper on canal paths |
| Roe-Briar | n | Dog Rose |
| Rofoam | n | Waist |
| Roguery | n | Mischief |
| Rogyng | n | Rogationtide |
| Roil | v | Thicken (of beer) |
| Roller | n | Wool, ball of |
| Rollicky | adj | Rollicking |
| Roly-Poly | n | Game of chance played at fairs |
| Roman Jessamine | n | Syringa |
| Romantics | n | Rheumatism |
| Rommelly | adj | Greasy (of bacon) |
| Rompstal | n | Hoochie |
| Romsed | adj | Tangled |
| Ronge | v | Kick (of horse) |
| Ronkle | v | Fester |
| Ronklewort | n | Unidentified herb |
| Rook (1) | v | Incubate |
| Rook (2) | v | Put finger in mouth (of infants) |
| Rook-Hawk | n | Hobby (bird) |
| Rookery | n | Disturbance |
| Rookle | v | Root (of pig) |
| Rookler | n | Pig, young |
| Room | n | Dandruff |
| Roomth | n | Room |
| Roost-Cock | n | Rooster |
| Root | v | Rot |
| Roove | v | Dry meat |
| Roozles | n | Wretchedness |
| Ropp | n | Intestines |
| Rope | n | Dwarf |
| Ropy | adj | Viscous |
| Rory-Tory | adj | Noisy |
| Rose | v | Slip and fall |
| Rosin | v | Prepare a speech |
| Rosky | adj | Hoarse |
| Rossle | v | Wrestle |
| Rouched | adj | Tart (of beer) |
| Roughage | n | Rubbish |
| Roughed | adj | Speckled |
| Roughet | n | Hay |
| Roughing | n | Hay |
| Roun | v | Whisper |
| Roundel | n | Midriff |
| Rounding system | n | System used to avoid farm labourers being chargeable to the parish rates |
| Roundly | adv | Frankly |
| Roundy | adj | In large lumps (of coal) |
| Rounty | adj | Rough (of marshes) |
| Roup | n | Hoarseness |
| Rouse (1) | v | Career |
| Rouse (2) | v | Water |
| Rouse (3) | adv | Noisily |
| Rousen | n | Report |
| Rouser | n | Explosion |
| Rousett | n | Grass inedible to cattle |
| Rouse-About | adj | Oafish |
| Rousing | adj | Resounding |
| Rousle | v | Rouse |
| Roust | v | Rouse |
| Rout | v | Root (of pig) |
| Rove | v | Wind bobbins |
| Roving Jenny | n | Ivy-Leaved Toadflax |
| Row for | v | Look for |
| Rowdle | v | Waddle |
| Rowdy-Dow | n | Disturbance |
| Rowen | n | Grass, second mowing of |
| Rowett | n | Grass, second mowing of |
| Rowey | adj | Rough |
| Rowless | adj | Wasteland (in tenement) |
| Rowy | adj | Streaky (of bacon) |
| Row-Berry | n | Blackberry |
| Rox | v | Soften |
| Roxell | v | Wrestle |
| Royston Crow | n | Hooded Crow |
| Rozzum | n | Proverb |
| Rubbacrock | n | Minger |
| Rubbishing | adj | Worthless |
| Ruck (1) | n | Rut |
| Ruck (2) | n | Heifer, small |
| Ruck (3) | n | Wrinkle |
| Ruck (4) | n | Crowd |
| Ruck (5) | v | Squat |
| Ruckee | v | Rock |
| Rucket (1) | n | Aggregate |
| Rucket (2) | n | Ruckus |
| Ruckle (1) | n | Heap |
| Ruckle (2) | v | Wrinkle |
| Rucksel | n | Noise |
| Rucksey (1) | v | Stoop |
| Rucksey (2) | adj | Dirty |
| Ruckster | v | Stir |
| Rud (1) | n | Redness of complexion |
| Rud (2) | n | Reed |
| Rud (3) | v | Rub |
| Rudder (1) | n | Fucking |
| Rudder (2) | v | Shake head |
| Rudderish | adj | Crude |
| Ruddock | n | Robin |
| Rude | adj | Rough (of weather) |
| Rudge | n | Brake |
| Rue | n | Kid |
| Rue-berry | n | Black Briony, fruit of |
| Ruffatory | n | Ruffian |
| Ruffet | n | Gorse |
| Rug | adj | Snug |
| Ruge (1) | v | Slide |
| Ruge (2) | v | Wrinkle |
| Ruggle | v | Rattle |
| Ruggley | adj | Rusty |
| Rug-Stick | n | Stick upon which pots are hung |
| Rule | v | Barter |
| Rule the Planets | v | Practice astrology |
| Rum 'un, a | adv | Thoroughly |
| Rumbago | n | Lumbago |
| Rumble-jumble | adj | Haphazard |
| Rumbullion | n | Rebellion |
| Rummage | v | Ransack |
| Rummish | adj | Strange |
| Rump (1) | v | Dock tail of animal |
| Rump (2) | n | Wild Radish |
| Rumped | adj | Acrid |
| Rumping | adj | Shrivelled |
| Rumple (1) | n | Insolvency |
| Rumple (2) | n | Fucking |
| Rumpled-skein | adj | Inconsistent |
| Rumplesome | adj | Disturbed |
| Rumpse | v | Romp |
| Rumpum-Scrumpum | n | Fiddle, crude |
| Rumpy | n | Hockey |
| Rumsey-Voosey | v | Rendezvous |
| Rumty-Tummer | n | Potato, large |
| Rum-Tum | n | Party |
| Runagate | n | Vagabond |
| Runaway | adj | Sparse (of crop) |
| Runch | v | Crunch |
| Rung | n | Bar (of gate) |
| Runnable | adj | Fit for hunting |
| Runnell | n | Pollard |
| Runnet | n | Rennet |
| Rurfin | n | Ringleader |
| Ruseling | adj | Sloping |
| Rush | adj | Boldly |
| Rushen | adj | Rushes, made of |
| Rushing | n | Skittles (game of) |
| Rushment | n | Landslide |
| Rust | n | Stubbornness (in horses) |
| Rustle | v | Disturb |
| Rusy-Boat | n | Swing |
| Rux | v | Stir |
| Rye | n | Rye-grass |
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