RATH, noun A hill. obsolete RATH, adjective [See Ready.] Early; coming before others, or before the usual time. Bring the rath primrose, that forsaken dies. We sometimes see the word rath-ripe, early ripe; but it is obsolete or nearly so. In the United States, I believe it is not used at all.
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