reest
verb (used with object)
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
reist
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a variation of
reest.
Example Sentences
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But at least The day I've backed the fashious beast, While she, wi' mony a spang an' reist, Flang heels ower bonnet; An' a' triumphant - for your feast, Hae! there's your sonnet!
From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson
But at least The day I’ve backed the fashious beast, While she, wi’ mony a spang an’ reist, Flang heels ower bonnet; An’ a’ triumphant—for your feast, Hae! there’s your sonnet!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Scot. reest, reist, means to stand stock-still— "Certain it was that Shagram reisted, and I ken Martin thinks he saw something."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
