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▪ I. reesle, reeshle, n. Sc.|ˈriːs(ə)l, ˈriːʃ(ə)l|
Also reestle.
[Of onomatopœic origin.]
A loud clatter; a rattling blow.
a1774Fergusson Tron Kirk Bell Poems (1845) 44 I'd bring ye wi' a reesle down. a1810Tannahill Come hame Poems (1846) 145 I'll lend you a reestle wi' this, owre your back. 1880J. E. Watt Poet. Sketches 52 A reeshle like thunder was heard at the door.
▪ II. ˈreesle, ˈreeshle, v. Sc.
Also reessil, reishle, etc.
[Cf. prec.]
1. intr. To make a loud clattering noise.
1819Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 44 Doors reessil'd up, and made a blatter. 1826D. Anderson Poems 92 Gar'd..their shin-banes reeshle i' their hose. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-hags 31 That blind and unkindly wind reestling and soughing about the house.
2. trans. To beat with rattling blows.
1853Watson Poems 91 (E.D.D.), Whan Scotlan' had reissl't the rascals [etc.]. 1887Service Life Dr. Duguid v. 31 He reishled the main author o' thae tricks weel. |