† ˈrewey, a. Obs. rare.
[app. f. rew n.1 3 + -y.]
(See quots.)
| 1601 Act 43 Eliz. c. 10. §1, The same Clothes being put in Water, are found to shrink, be rewey, pursey, squally, cockling, bandy, light, and notably faulty. 1684 Manley Cowell's Interpr., Rewey.., it is as much as unevenly wrought, and full of Rewes. |