▪ I. reese, reeze, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.
(riːz)
[? Back-formation from reesed.]
intr. To become rancid.
| 1784 Twamley Dairying 712 Butter..will reeze or get of a tallowy nature; fat Bacon will reeze so far as the fat melts. 1886 Rochd. Gloss., Reese, to grow rancid, as bacon. |
▪ II. † reese, reeze, v.2 Obs.
[Of obscure origin: cf. reest v.2]
trans. To burn, scorch, smoke.
| 1618 T. Adams Heaven made sure Wks. (1629) 902 For a while they bee reezed in Purgatory. 1633 ― Exp. 2 Peter ii. 4 His priests..were reesed or smoked with the incense offered to the idol. 1698 M. Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 147 It is little less than Quicklime, and burns and reeses all it touches. |
▪ III. reese
var. rese n. and v.; dial. var. roose v.