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[reest]

verb (used with object) Scot. and North England.

to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).

Origin:
1500–10; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish, Norwegian riste to roast

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verb (used without object) Scot. and North England.

(of a horse) to stop or refuse to go; balk.

Also, reist.

Origin:
1780–90; dialectal variant of rest¹

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reest or reast (riːst)

—vb
	dialect (Northern English) (intr) (esp of horses) to be noisily uncooperative

[probably from Scottish arreestarrest; perhaps related to restive]

reast or reast

—vb

[probably from Scottish arreestarrest; perhaps related to restive]

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