1 choke: Rachle that gadgie till I get at his swag. [Choke the house-dweller while I get at his pocket.] 20.
2 hang, execute la19-.
3 kill 20. etymology: perhaps a development of Scots rauch ‘to cough’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies sense 3 attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and form rakhelt also collected by McCormick; sense 2 also attested by the Gypsies of Kirk Yetholm