▪ I. reest, n. Obs. exc. dial.
(riːst)
Forms: 1 réost, 7, 9 reest, 9 reist, riest, reost, reece; 6–7 (9) rest. Also wreest wrest.
[OE. réost, of obscure origin: cf. G. rist ploughshare (Grimm), Sw. rist (MSw. rist-iern) coulter.
G. rist may be for riest, repr. an OHG. *rîost: cf. OHG. riostra, riostar, riester, rister, etc. (mod.G. dial. riester, rister) ploughshare, plough-handle, the stem of which agrees with the OE. form. It is doubtful, however, whether Sw. rist can be separated from ON. ristill ploughshare (mod.Norw. ristel coulter, also Gael. risteal a kind of plough used in the Hebrides), which may rather be a derivative of r{iacu}sta, to cut, than an adaptation of the OHG. word. The Du. or Flem. equivalent of the latter is given by Kilian as ryster, reyster, with the meaning ‘plough-staff’.]
† a. The share-beam of a plough. Obs. b. A mould-board. c. A piece of wood or iron fixed beneath the mould-board.
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. 656 Dentalia, sules reost. a 1000 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 219/2 Dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua uomer inducitur quasi dens, sule-reost, uel þroc. ? 14.. MS. Lansdowne 560 fol. 47 b, Restis, a rest of a plow. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §3 The rest is a lyttell pece of woode, pynned fast vpon the nether ende of the stylt, and to the sharebeame in the ferther ende. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme v. vi. 532 The spindles, the rest,..the plow⁓foot, the culture, and the share. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 333/2 The Reest, is the Boards on the side of the Plow that turns over the Furrow. 1886 Chesh. Gloss., Reest, the mould-board of a plough. 1887 Kentish Gloss., Chef, the part of a plough on which the share is placed, and to which the reece is fixed. |
| attrib. 1894 Northumbld. Gloss., Reest-, reost-cloot,..a thin piece of iron fastened under the lower edge of the mowdy-boord (mould-board) of a plough. |
▪ II. reest, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.
(riːst)
Also 7 reast, 7, 9 reist.
[Of obscure origin: cf. rest a. and reesed.]
intr. Of bacon, etc.: To become rancid. Hence ˈreested a., rancid.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 431/1 Reestyn', as flesche, ranceo. 1530 Palsgr. 688/2, I reest, I waxe of yll taste, as bacon dothe. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme i. xxiv. 107 The scalding of Hogges keepeth the flesh whitest,..neither is the Bacon so apt to reast as the other. 1634 W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. (1865) 39 This kind of fish..is so fat, that it can scarce be saved against winter without reisting. 1869 Londsdale Gloss., Reested, rancid, spoiled, as bacon from being badly kept. 1894 Northumbld. Gloss., Reest, to become rancid. Reested or reesty bacon—rancid bacon. |
▪ III. reest, v.2 Sc. and north. dial.
(riːst)
Also 6, 9 reist.
[Of obscure origin: cf. reese v.2 and Da. riste to grill or broil, f. ON. rist gridiron.]
1. trans. To dry or cure (herring, bacon, etc.) by means of heat or smoke.
| 1508 Dunbar Flyting 187 Thow purehippit, vgly averill,..Reistit and crynit as hangit man on hill. a 1590 Montgomerie Sonn. xxv, Rau rid herring reistit in the reik. 1692 Sc. Presbyt. Eloq. (1738) 138 Take them up by the Heels, reest them in the Chimney of Hell, and dry them like Bervy Haddocks. 1816 Scott Bl. Dwarf ix, Let us cut up bushes and briers,..set fire to them, and smoke that auld devil's dam as if she were to be reested for bacon. 1832–53 W. Cross in Whistle-Binkie Ser. iii. 16 But ne'er say a herring is dry until it be reestit and reekit. |
2. intr. To become smoke-dried.
| 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. i, A large ham hangs reesting in the neuk. 1829 Scott Guy M. xxvi. note, The salmon is usually dried by hanging it up, after being split and rubbed with salt, in the smoke of the turf fire.., where it is said to reist, that preparation being so termed. |
▪ IV. reest, v.3 Sc. and north. dial.
(riːst)
Also reist.
[Prob. a var. of rest v., or identical with reest, aphetic form of Sc. arreest, to arrest. The precise relationship to restive a. is not clear.]
intr. Of horses: To stop suddenly and refuse to proceed. Hence ˈreesting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1786 Burns To Auld Mare xiv, In cart or car thou never reestet. 1816 Scott Antiq. xv, Our powny reists a bit, and it's dooms sweer to the road. Ibid. xxiv, The butcher's reisting powny. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 250 Like horses that never reest. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxvi. 197 Reesting and terror among horses are mostly but over-sharpness in hearing. |
| fig. 1890 Service Notandums xix. 124, I was like to reist and to sten at the doctor's orders. |
▪ V. reest
obs. form of rest.