Lexicographical Neighbors of Reesty
Literary usage of Reesty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"reesty is also applied to a man of stubborn self-will who refuses to comply with
a request. Or a person, overburdened and unable to resume ..."
2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"reesty is also applied to a man of stubborn self-will who refuses to comply with
a request. Or a person, overburdened and unable to resume his journey, ..."
3. A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire by William Stott Banks (1865)
"Is none in this ryke a shepherd farys wars." TM 86. reesty, 1, rusty (i), ...
2, restive, as a "reesty" horse. REET, a wheelwright. ..."
4. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"This is a Latin term denoting an argument which proves, not the thing asserted,
but the absurdity of that which contradicts it. reesty Bacon. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Reest, c., sw, reesty, NB to be obstinate; to arrest. ... c., sw, reesty, N.
rancid or rusty. Reet, G. right ; a cartwright. Reet up, G. to put things right ..."
6. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"A bit o' reesty bacon." L. REET, adj. Right.—Used. like right, superlatively.
"I'm reet glad to see you, that I am," " Reet nought," good for nothing. w. ..."
7. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"... REASY, reesty. Rancid; principally applied to bacon, when it looks yellow and
tastes rank and strong. This word, with slight orthographical variations, ..."
8. A glossary of words used in the dialect of Cheshire, founded on a similar by Egerton Leigh, Roger Wilbraham (1877)
"A bit o' reesty bacon." L. REET, adj. Right.—Used, like right, superlatively. "
I'm reet glad to see you, that I am," " Reet nought," good for nothing. w. ..."
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