Chapter RANEE to REGULATION of R by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

RAZZIA, s. This is Algerine-French, not Anglo-Indian, meaning a sudden raid or destructive attack. It is in fact the Ar. ghaziya, ‘an attack upon infidels,’ from ghazi, ‘a hero.’

REAPER, s. The small laths, laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles, are so called in Anglo-Indian house-building. We find no such word in any Hind. Dictionary; but in the Mahratti Dict. we find rip in this sense.

[1734–5.—See under BANKSHALL.]

REAS, REES, s. Small money of account, formerly in use at Bombay, the 25th part of an anna, and 400th of a rupee. Port. real, pl. réis. Accounts were kept at Bombay in rupees, quarters, and reas, down at least to November 1834, as we have seen in accounts of that date at the India Office. 1673.—(In Goa) “The Vinteen…15 Basrooks (see BUDGROOK), whereof 75 make a Tango (see TANGA), and 60 Rees make a Tango.”—Fryer, 207.

1727.—“Their Accounts (Bombay) are kept by Rayes and Rupees. 1 Rupee is…400 Rayes.”—A. Hamilton, ii. App. 6; [ed. 1744, ii. 315].

RED CLIFFS, n.p. The nautical name of the steep coast below Quilon. This presents the only bluffs on the shore from Mt. Dely to Cape Comorin, and is thus identified, by character and name, with the [Greek Text] Purron oroV of the Periplus.

c. 80–90.—“Another village, Bakare, lies by the mouth of the river, to which the ships about to depart descend from Nelkynda.…From Bakare extends the RedHill ( [Greek Text] pnrron oroV) and then a long stretch of country called Paralia.”—Periplus, §§ 55–58.

1727.—“I wonder why the English built their Fort in that place (Anjengo), when they might as well have built it near the Red Cliffs to the Northward, from whence they have their Water for drinking.”—A. Hamilton, i. 332; [ed. 1744, i. 334].

1813.—“Water is scarce and very indifferent; but at the red cliffs, a few miles to the north of Anjengo, it is said to be very good, but difficult to be shipped.”—Milburn, Or. Comm. i. 335. See also Dunn’s New Directory, 5th ed. 1780, p. 161.

1814.—“From thence (Quilone) to Anjengo the coast is hilly and romantic; especially about the red cliffs at Boccoli (qu. [Greek Text] Bakarh as above?); where the women of Anjengo daily repair for water, from a very fine spring.”—Forbes, Or. Mem., i. 334; [2nd ed. i. 213].

1841.—“There is said to be fresh water at the Red Cliffs to the northward of Anjengo, but it cannot be got conveniently; a considerable surf generally prevailing on the coast, particularly to the southward, renders it unsafe for ships’ boats to land.”—Horsburgh’s Direc. ed. 1841, i. 515.

RED-DOG, s. An old name for Prickly-heat (q.v.).

c. 1752.—“The red-dog is a disease which affects almost all foreigners in hot countries, especially if they reside near the shore, at the time when it is hottest.”—Osbeck’s Voyage, i. 190.

REGULATION, s. A law passed by the Governor-General in Council, or by a Governor (of Madras or Bombay) in Council. This term became obsolete in 1833, when legislative authority was conferred by the Charter Act (3 & 4 Will. IV. cap. 85) on those authorities; and thenceforward the term used is Act. By 13 Geo. III. cap. 63, § xxxv., it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the G.-G. and Council of Fort William in Bengal to issue Rules or Decrees and Regulations for the good order and civil government of the Company’s settlements, &c. This was the same Charter Act that established the Supreme Court. But the authorised compilation of “Regulations of the Govt. of Fort William in force at the end of 1853,” begins only with the Regulations of 1793, and makes no allusion to the earlier Regulations. No more does Regulation XLI. of 1793, which prescribes the form, numbering, and codifying of the Regulations to be issued. The fact seems to be that prior to 1793, when the enactment of Regulations was systematized, and the Regulations began to be regularly numbered, those that were issued partook rather of the character of resolutions of Government and circular orders than of Laws. 1868.—“The new Commissioner…could discover nothing prejudicial to me, except, perhaps, that the Regulations were not sufficiently observed. The sacred Regulations! How was it possible to fit them on such very irregular subjects as I had to deal with?”—Lt.-Col. Lewin, A Fly on the Wheel, p. 376.

1880.—“The laws promulgated under this system were called Regulations, owing to a lawyer’s doubts as to the competence of the Indian authorities