† restnessn.
Obsolete.
Rancidity.
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rancourc1425
ranknessc1450
restness?c1475
restiness1499
rammishness1552
reasiness1611
rancidity1654
reesting1661
rancidness1675
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 102 v Restnes, rancor.
a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (King's Cambr.) 431 Restnesse, of flesshe, rancor.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxvi/1 Take a galon of rennyng watir a pynte of aqua vite, ij. vnc. of alom, ij. vncis white oprose, ij. vnc. of woed asshes,..[text illegible] of all, white sope, and putt all this in a vessell till it take restnes all a nyght.
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