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REDE, _s._ A being, apparently of the fairy kind, S. A.
_Gl. Compl._
Isl. _rad_, a demon or genius.
_To_ REDY, _v. a._ To make ready.
_Barbour._
REDYMYTE, REDEMYTE, _adj._ Decked, beautiful.
_Douglas._
Lat. _redimit-us_, crowned.
RED LAND, ground turned up by the plough, S.
RED-SHANK, _s._ A nick-name for a Highlander, from his bare legs.
_Colvil._
RED-WARE, _s._ Sea-girdles, S.
_Neill._
RED-WARE COD, Asellus varius.
_Sibbald._
RED-WARE FIs.h.i.+CK, the whistle-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
RED WATER, The murrain in cattle, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
REE, _s._
1. Half drunk, S.
_R. Galloway._
2. Crazy, delirious, S.
Isl. _hreif-r_, elatus, ebrius.
REE, _s._ A small riddle, S. O.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ REED, REDE, _v. a._ To fear.
V. ~Rad~.
_Ross._
~Reed~, _conj._ Lest, S. B.
_Ross._
REEFORT, RYFART, _s._ A radish, S.
Fr. _raifort_, strong radish.
_Ritson._
REEFU', _adj._ Rueful, S. B.
_Ross._
REEGH, _s._ A harbour, Loth.
_To_ REEK, _v. a._
V. ~Reik out~.
REEK HEN, perhaps a hen fed in the house.
_Stat. Acc._
