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▪ I. ˈreesty, a. Sc.
[f. reest v.3 + -y.]
Inclined to reest or stop; given to reesting.
1739A. Nicol Nature without Art 8 If e'er my grov'ling reesty Rills of Sense Shall fail to glide in easy Eloquence. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v., A horse is reestie when it stands fast, and will not move for the whip. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-hags iv, Gay Garland was aye a reesty beast.
▪ II. reesty, reesy
varr. reasty, reasy, rancid. |