An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_Sir Egeir._
_To_ RESILE, _v. n._
1. To flinch, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To resist, in reasoning.
_Cleland._
Fr. _resil-er_, id.
RESING, _adj._ Perhaps foolish.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _ries-en_, temere agere.
RESP, RISP, _s._ A kind of coa.r.s.e gra.s.s, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ RESP, RISP, _v. n._ To make a noise resembling that of a file, S.
_Douglas._
RESPONSALL, _adj._ Responsible.
_Acts Parl._
_To_ RESSOURSS, RESURSE, _v. n._ To rise again.
Fr. _resourd-re_.
_Wallace._
RESSUM, _s._ A small fragment, S. B.
Fr. _resson_, goute.
_To_ REST, _v. n._ To be indebted, S.
Fr. _en rest_, in arrears.
_Acts Sed._
~Restes~, _s. pl._ Arrears, Fr.
_Acts Mar._
REST. _Auld rest_, perhaps old sprain.
_Watson._
_Wrest_, _rest_, S.
A. S. _wraestan_, to distort.
_To_ RESTYN, _v. a._ To refresh.
_Doug._
RESTING-CHAIR, a long chair shaped like a settee, used in farm-houses, Ang. Perths.
_To_ RETENT, _v. a._ To cause to resound.
Fr. _retent-ir_, to resound.
_Hudson._
RETH, _adj._ Fierce.
A. S. _rethe_.
_Wallace._
~Rethnas~, _s._ Ferocity.
_Houlate._
A. S. _rethnes_, id.
_To_ RETOUR, RETOWRE, _v. a._
