ˈreeing, ˈrying, vbl. n.
Also 5 rey(i)ng, 9 reean, rieing, rayen.
[f. ree v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of reeing corn; hence reeing-sieve, reeing-machine.
| α 1400–1 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 603 In j ridella et j reyingsife empt. ijs. vjd. 1485–6 Ibid. 649, 1 Reyng syff, iijd. 1620 Markham Farew. Husb. (1625) 115 With small reeing siues to dresse it from the Corne, and so preserue the dust. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 283 Reeing-machines have been invented for cleansing corn. 1878 Cumbld. Gloss., Ree, to riddle corn in a ‘ree-an sieve’. |
| β 1744–50 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. VI. iii. 64 (E.D.S.) A brass or iron wire round hand-sieve, which we call a rying-sieve. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Rieing-sieve, same as Blind-sieve. |
| γ 1863 W. Barnes Dorset Gloss., Rayen-zieve.., a sieve, used chiefly in cleansing clover. |
† 2. Such a quantity as can be reed at once.
Obs.| 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 104 A bushell of pease, and a bushell of rye, into which we putte a ryinge, or two, or three, of barley. |