Lexicographical Neighbors of Reests
Literary usage of Reests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1880)
"A' your cocks, and a' your reests, I value not a prin ; For I'll awa' to Meggie's
bower, I'll win ere she lie down." " Stay this night wi' me, Willie, ..."
2. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1864)
"A' your cocks, and a' your reests, I value not a prin ; For I'll awa' to Meggie's
bower, I'll win ere she lie down." " Stay this night wi' me, Willie, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1918)
"144. Ames, § 355, 575, and cases cited: 7. See Ang. & Ames, §§ 355, 570; Ex parte
Mayhew, 5 De GM & G. 1 Redf. Railw. 111-115; Abb. Dig. 837; reests v. ..."
4. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland: Hitherto Unpublished by Peter Buchan (1875)
"... bide this night wi' me ; The best an' cock o' a' the reest, At your supper
shall be. A' your cocks and a' your reests, I value not a prin ..."
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