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recreet, recreetit, recruit, recruitit,
recruit [rəˈkrøt, rəˈkrut, C. rəˈkrɪt, N. rəˈkrit]
n. A recruit.
v. To recruit.
pt. pp. recruitit
rector,
rector [ˈrɛktər]
n. A rector. The head teacher of a secondary school.
misred, misredd, misrid, missredd, rade, raed, reachscab, read, red, red, redd, redd, reddance, redder, redd-handit, redd-haund, redd-haundit, reddin, reddins, reddit, reddun, redd-up, redd-up, red-haun, redskab, red-up, red-up, reedins, reedins, retscobe, rid, ridd, upredd, upreddin,
redd [rɛd]
v. To tidy, prepare, arrange, free, rid, relieve, clear out.
pt. pp. redd adj. Tidied, arranged, cleared out. Prepared, ready. Eager, willing, fluent.
Compounds and phrases etc.
misredd: To tangle, to snarl. To involve oneself in error, to blunder, Tangled, involved, confused.
redder: Someone or something that redds. A comb.
redd-haund: A free hand, a clearance, disencumbrance. Clever in a handy way.
redd-haundit: Quick and skilful in working with the hands.
reddin [ˈrɛdɪn]: Preparing. Combing of horse hair.
reddins: A clearance, riddance. I. Fat obtained from the intestines of slaughtered animals.
redd oot: To explain.
redskab: I.Sh. The full complement of lines carried by a fishing boat.
redd up: Of a matter of legal or financial business, a problem or difficulty, a dispute, any confused situation: to settle, sort out, clear up, solve. To determine boundaries. To clarify or expound some complex subject.
redd-up: A scolding, a rebuke.
sae redd as: MN. As readily as ..., as soon as …
upredd: v. To tidy, put in order. n. The act of clearing away, a cleaning, tidying.
upreddin: A scolding, a rebuke.
red, redd, rede, reed, rid, ridd, ride, rodd, rodden, rudd, ruth,
redd [rɛd]
also rodd
n. The spawn of a fish or frog. The rut in the gravelly or sandy bed of a river made by salmon for spawning.
v. Of a fish: to spawn.
pt. redd pp. rodden adj. Having spawned, spent.
Redbrae, Reddbrae,
Reddbrae [ˈrɛdbreː]
pn. Redbrae.
read, red, redd, rede, redeless, reed, reedless,
rede [rid]
n. Advice, counsel.
v. To advise, counsel. To think, consider, reckon, ponder.
Compounds and phrases etc.
A rede ye [aː rid jiː]: I warn you. I advise you.
redeless: Careless.
reduce,
reduce [rəˈd(j)us]
v. To reduce.
Compounds and phrases etc.
reduction: Reduction.
ree, reel, ri, rill,
ree [NN.b. I. riː]
n. A period of stormy weather. An attack of pain or illness. A series of high breakers interspersing the smaller waves at regular intervals.
adj. Of weather: stormy, blustering, dry and frosty,
reel
n. I.Sh. A strong dry wind.
rae, rai, rea, ree, rie,
ree [riː]
n. A sieve or riddle of medium size used for cleaning grain, peas or beans etc.
v. To clean grain, grass-seed, peas or beans etc. by sieving.
ree, reefu, rie,
ree [riː]
n. A state of great excitement or frenzy. A state of befuddlement, intoxication.
adj. Over-excited, frenzied, delirious, crazy. Tipsy
v. To become extremely excited, to fly into a rage.
Compounds and phrases etc.
reefu: Frenzied, frantic.
puir as a ree: Of an animal: In a very lean (emaciated) condition.
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