▪ I. ˈreesty, a. Sc.
[f. reest v.3 + -y.]
Inclined to reest or stop; given to reesting.
| 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 8 If e'er my grov'ling reesty Rills of Sense Shall fail to glide in easy Eloquence. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v., A horse is reestie when it stands fast, and will not move for the whip. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-hags iv, Gay Garland was aye a reesty beast. |
▪ II. reesty, reesy
varr. reasty, reasy, rancid.