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Isl. _rym-ia_, to bellow or roar.
_Ross._
_To_ REIOSE, _v. a._ To possess.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
REIRBRa.s.sERIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the back of the arms.
_Acts Ja. I._
Fr. _arriere_, behind, and _bra.s.sart_, a defence for the arm.
_To_ REIRD, RERDE, _v. n._
1. To make a loud noise.
_Douglas._
2. To break wind, S.
3. To make a cras.h.i.+ng noise.
_Douglas._
A. S. _rar-ian_, Teut. _reer-en_, fremere.
~Reird~, ~Rerde~, s.
1. Noise, shouting.
_Douglas._
2. The act of breaking wind, S.
3. A falsehood, a gasconade, S. B.
REIRDIT, _part. pa._ Reared.
_Gawan and Gol._
REYSS, _s. pl._ Coa.r.s.e gra.s.s in marshy ground, or on the sea-sh.o.r.e.
V. ~Reesk~.
_Wallace._
_To_ REISSIL, _v. n._ To make a loud clattering noise, S.
Teut. _ryssel-en_, A. S. _hristl-an_, crepere.
_To_ ~Reissil~, ~Rissle~, _v. a._ To beat soundly.
Su. G. _ris-a_, virgis caedere.
_Rudd._
~Reissil~, _s._
1. A loud clattering noise, S.
2. A blow, a stroke, S.
_To_ REIST, _v. a._ To dry by the heat of the sun, or in a chimney, S.
_Dunbar._
Dan. _rist-er_, to broil or toast.
_To_ REIST, _v. n._
1. To wait for another.
Lat. _rest-are_, id.
_Douglas._
2. To become restive, S.
_Burns._
3. Applied to the drying up of a well.
_Pop. Ball._
REIST, _s._ Rest.
_Douglas._
