An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 676
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 676
REIST, REYST, _s._
1. The socket in which the bolt of a door _rests_.
_Douglas._
2. The hinge of a door.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. The support of a warlike instrument.
_Wallace._
_To_ RELE, _v. n._ To roll.
V. ~Reile~.
_To_ RELEISCH, _v. n_. To go at large.
Fr. _relasch-er_, to enlarge.
_Douglas._
_To_ RELEVE, _v. n._ To raise, to exalt;
Fr. _relev-er_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RELEVE, _v. n._ To resemble.
Fr. _relev-er_, colligere.
_Wallace._
_To_ RELY, _v. a._ To rally.
_Barbour._
_To_ REME, _v. n._ To foam.
V. ~Ream~.
_To_ REMEID, _v. a._ To remedy.
_Baillie._
REMEMBRIE, _s._ Remembrance.
_Burel._
_To_ REMENT, _v. a._ To remember.
_Burel._
Fr. _ramentevoir_, id.
REMYLLIS, _s. pl._ Blows.
_Houlate._
Teut. _rammel-en_, Su. G. _raml-a_, tumultuari.
_To_ REMORD, _v. a._
1. To have remorse for; Fr. _remord-re_.
_Wallace._
2. To disburden the conscience.
_Wallace._
RENDAL, RENNAL, RENNET, RUN-DALE, _s._ A division of land, equivalent to _run-rig_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _ren_, palus limitaneus, and _del_, a division.
_To_ RENDER, _v. a._ To beat b.u.t.ter, Ayrs.
V. ~Rind~.
_To_ RENG, RING, _v. n._ To reign.