reiver

[reev]

reive

[reev]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), reived, reiv·ing. Chiefly Scot.
to rob; plunder.

Origin:
1860–65; variant of reave1

reiv·er, noun
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Reiver is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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reive (riːv)
 
vb
dialect (Scot), (Northern English) (intr) to go on a plundering raid
 
[variant of reave1]
 
'reiver
 
n

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