Rath

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A Burmese state carriage.
  • noun. A fortified dwelling of an ancient Irish chief. The word occurs as the initial element in many Irish place-names, as Rathkeale. Rathlin, etc.
  • Quick; swift; speedy.
  • Early; coming before others, or before the usual time; youthful.
  • Near; proximate.
  • noun. A name given to certain rock-cut Buddhist temples in India.
  • Quickly; swiftly; speedily.
  • Early; soon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A hill or mound.
  • noun. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
  • adjective. Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
  • adverb. Early; soon; betimes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a walled enclosure in Irish antiquity