reediness
(ˈriːdɪnɪs)
[f. reedy a. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being reedy, in various senses of the adj.
| 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 365 The straw of the former kind is strong and inclined to reediness. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuild. xviii. 397 To try..the quality of the iron and to develope indications of any reediness, or looseness of structure it may possess. 1888 Sci. Amer. 30 June 402/3 The Liszt organ..possesses great freedom from reediness in sound. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 There is a harshness, a reediness about it, and sometimes an absence of modulation. 1931 E. Midgley Techn. Terms Textile Trade I. 20 The warp threads..must lie in the cloth an equal distance apart, or a defect known as ‘reediness’ is created. |