'Rath' definitions:
Definition of 'Rath'
From: GCIDE
- Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\ (r[a^]th), a. [AS. hr[ae][eth], hr[ae]d, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hra[eth]r.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Rath
Definition of 'Rath'
From: GCIDE
- Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\, adv. Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Why rise ye up so rathe? --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rath'
From: GCIDE
- Rath \Rath\ (r[a^]th), n. [Ir. rath.]
- 1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland. [1913 Webster] Rath