3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Rath \Rath\ (r[a^]th), noun [Ir. rath.] 1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] --Spenser. 2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\ (r[a^]th), adjective [AS. hr[ae][eth], hr[ae]d, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hra[eth]r.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic] Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. --Milton. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\, adverb Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic] Why rise ye up so rathe? --Chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. --Spenser.

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