[rɑ:θ]
adj.
较普通时刻[时期]早的, 早熟的

Rath \Rath\ (r[a^]th), n. [Ir. rath.]
1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] --Spenser.

2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.


Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\ (r[a^]th), a. [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.


Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\, adv.
Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic]

Why rise ye up so rathe? --Chaucer.

Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. --Spenser.