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▪ I. † ree, n.1 Obs.
Also 6 rhe.
[Of obscure origin.]
A stream, channel, river.
Perh. repr. OE. éa with the r of the fem. article in such phrases as on or ofer þǽre éa: see Hempl in An Engl. Miscellany (1901) 155 and Skeat Student's Pastime 400. But connexion with Flem. reie and rui (in Kilian reye, ruye) in the same sense seems possible.
1422Will of Kyt (Somerset Ho.), Quodquid tenementum..abuttet erga le Hye Ree. 1455in Willis & Clark Cambr. (1886) I. 212 [From Mylnstrete to the water called] ‘le Ree’. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 252 Mary ouer the ree in Southwerke, a priorye of Chanons. 1587Harrison England in Holinshed I. 46/1 Euen to this daie in Essex I haue oft obserued, that when the lower grounds by rage of water haue beene ouerflowen, the people beholding the same, haue said; All is on a Rhe, as if they should haue said; All is now a riuer. a1669Somner Rom. Ports Kent (1693) 69 By Gilford to (what in all likelyhood ows it's name to that Ree or channel) Rye. [1724Bailey (ed. 2), Ree, as all is on a Ree..all is on a River, or overflowed with Water. Essex.]
▪ II. ree, n.2|riː|
[Variant of reeve n.2 It is not clear which is the more original form.]
The female of the ruff.
15..Inthron. Abp. Nevill in MS. Bodl. Rolls 8 Of the foules called Rees cc dosen. 1750Pococke Trav. through Eng. (Camden) I. 67 Among the game they have the ruffs and rees, the former cocks, the latter hens. 1768Ann. Reg. i. 171 The bill of fare at the king of Denmark's table was as follows:..Leveret, Ruffs and Rees, Wheat ears [etc.]. 1801H. Skrine Rivers Gt. Brit. 28 Those rare and delicate birds, the Ruff and Ree are found here. 1819H. Busk Banquet iii. 316 Point out the speckled pairs of ruffs and rees.
▪ III. ree, n.3 Sc.|riː|
[Of obscure origin: the form reeve also occurs locally.]
1. A walled enclosure for sheep, cattle, or swine. (See also sheep-ree.)
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 406 Ree is often confounded with bught, but a sheep-ree and a sheep-bught are different. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 62 It seems as if the stones of this old castle had been gathered together to form rees for sheep. 1894Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 238 A great swine that lies..in the filth of the ree.
2. A yard where coal is stored for sale.
1880in Jamieson. 1902Scotsman 2 Oct., The person in charge of the ree admitted using the weight.
▪ IV. ree, a. Sc.|riː|
[Of unknown origin.]
Excited, esp. with drink; elevated; crazy, delirious.
1788R. Galloway Poems 23 (Jam.) Until their noddle twin them ree And kiss the causey. 1790A. Wilson 2nd Ep. Clark Poet. Wks. (1846) 99, I..Read and leugh,..Till my pow grew haflins ree. 1828Moir Mansie Wauch xv, Tammie..was a whit ree with the good cheer. 1886‘H. Haliburton’ Horace in Homespun (1900) 144 Here's Willie wi' a warlike ee,..Dave amorous daft, an' Roger ree.
▪ V. ree, rye, v. dial.|riː, raɪ|
Also 7, 9 ray.
[Of obscure origin: the various forms indicate a ME. rēȝe(n), but their relationship to the synonymous reeve v.2 and rew or rue (Devonshire) is not clear.]
trans. To clean or sift (winnowed grain, peas, etc.), spec. by giving a circular motion to the contents of the sieve, so that the chaff, etc. collects in the centre.
α1400–1[see reeing vbl. n. 1]. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §36 Whan thou haste thresshed thy pees, and beanes, after they be wynowed,..let theym be well reed with syues. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. vii. (1668) 171 After it is well rubbed, and winnowed, you shall ree it over in a fine sieve. Ibid., After the malt is ree'd, you shall sack it up. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 330 To Ree, or Ray; to handle Corn in a Sieve, so as the chaffy or lighter part gather to one place. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 406 To ree grain is to whirl it through a riddle, so that the tares in it may be seen. 1828–in northern dial. glossaries (Northumbld., Cumbld., Lonsd., Yks., Sheff., Leic.). 1875W. Dickinson Cumbriana 231 Fwok ree's a lock wheat in a seive, if they hev't, And that was their deetin' machine.
β1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 103 A sieve to rye the corne with; we make the miller sitte on his knees and rye it. 1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husb. VI. iii. 64 (E.D.S.) This practice of rying, or cleaning better than ordinary. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. II. Gloss., To Rie; to turn corn in a sieve; bringing the ‘capes’ into an eddy. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. s.v. Ree, A labourer who works it expertly is said to ‘rye it up well’.
γ1669[see α above]. 1813T. Davis Agric. Wilts. 266 Corn well arrayed, or rayed. Corn well dressed and cleaned. 1893Wilts. Gloss., Ray, or Array, to dress and clean corn.
▪ VI. ree, int. Now rare.|riː|
A call to horses, usually a command to turn to the right.
Hence the dial. phrase neither heck nor ree, (to go) neither to the left nor right; (to be) intractable or obstinate.
1548J. Bow & Mast Parson 164 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 16 Have a gayne, bald before, hayght, ree, who! 1599Middleton Micro-cyn. Wks. (Bullen) VIII. 121 Whipstaff in his hand, Who with a hey and ree the beasts command. c1603Heywood & Rowley Fortune by Land ii. i. H.'s Wks. 1874 VI. 384 Come Ile go teach ye hayte and ree, gee and whoe, and which is to which hand. 1832A. E. Bray Descr. Tamar & Tavy (1836) I. ii. 24 He soon found that some or other of the crook horses invariably crossed him on the road..owing to two words of the driver, namely gee and ree.
▪ VII. ree
sing. of rees = reis (Pg. money).
▪ VIII. ree
obs. form of rye2. |