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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rabuk, Raybuk, n. Also: raa-, rai-, re(a)- and -buck, -buke, -buik. [ME and e.m.E. rabuke, raa- (Cath. Angl.); robucke (Trevisa), roe-buck (1608), ON rábukkr, MDu. reebuck.] A roebuck, the male of the roe deer.Also, once, as the name of a ship.(1) 1471 Exch. R. VIII 36.
[De ij capitibus de] rabukkis 1476 Reg. Cupar A. I 225.
Tha payand to ws ȝerly aucht markis of vsual mone at twa vsual termys … with a ra or a rabuk [etc.] 1501 Treas. Acc. II 120.
To ane man of the lard of Lundyis that brocht ane rabuk fra Faukland to the king 1503 Ib. 411.
Raa buke 1506–7 Ib. III 362.(b) 1503 Acts II 242/2.
Anent thame that slais parkit dere or rais or raibukis(c) a1578 Pitsc. I 338/20.
Rebuke(2) 1612 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 231.
[A] schip callit the Reabuk

b. Attrib. with hed, skin, covering, etc.(1) 1448 (1449) Reg. Great S. 67/1.
[Reddendo annuatim dicto domino superiori unum] rabukhed — 1550–1 Elgin Rec. I 107.
Raybuck skynnis 1582–3 Perth B. Ct. 25 Jan.
Ray buk skynnis 1594 Edinb. Test. XXVII 298b.
xx ra and rabuik skynnis at xl s. the peice(2) 1580 Edinb. Test. VII 352b.
Thrie ra buk coverings for jakkis

c. = rabuk skins. See b above. — 1574 Edinb. Test. III 229.
Foure coveringis of ra bukkis