10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REASTY»
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The word reasty is used by Skelton,— “And then came haltyng Jone, - And
brought a gamhone Of bakon that was reasty." Worcester thinks reasty a
corruption of rusty. Barnes in his Tiw, or English Roots and Stems, p. 190, defines
“ RUSTY ...
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The Dialect of Craven in the West-Riding of the Country of ...
REASTY, Restifi', refusing to stir. This word seems to have' been used formerly in
the sense given above, and and also in that of rancid, as applied to bacon. This is
probably the reason that has apparently led Mr. Archdeacon Nares into an ...
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The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York
REASTY, RestifF, refusing to stir. This word seems to have been used formerly in
the sense given above, and and also in that of rancid, as applied to bacon. This is
probably the reason that has apparently led Mr. Archdeacon Nares into an ...
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A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their ...
... by the binders in harvest time. Sax. ripa, ripe. Sc. rip. Reast, restiveness. —
Reasty, restive, stubborn. Ital. restio. Old Eng. restie. " A reasty horse." Sometimes
applied to a man. " He's reasty now." Reasty, rancid; particularly applied to bacon
.
John Trotter Brockett, 1829
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The Dialect of Craven, in the West-Riding of the County of ...
REASTY, Restiff, refusing to stir. This word seems to have been used formerly in
the sense given above, and and also in that of rancid, as applied to bacon. This is
probably the reason that has apparently led Mr. Archdeacon Nares into an error ...
REASTY, Restiff, refusing to stir. This word seems to have been used formerly in
the sense given above, and and also in that of rancid, as applied to bacon. This is
probably the reason that has apparently led Mr. Archdeacon Nares into an error ...
William Carr (B.D.), 1828
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Dictionary of English Etymology
See Rig. Reasty. Reasty or reezed bacon is bacon grown rancid by keeping, now
generally pronounced rusty from an accommodation of the name to the rusty
yellow of bacon in that condition. Fr. relant, musty, fusty, resty, reasy, dankish, ...
Hensleigh Wedgwood (M.A.), 1865
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A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original ...
Reasty, restive, stubborn. Old Eng. restie. " A reasty horse." Reasty, rancid, Sax.
rustian, to contract rust. And then came haltyng Jone, And brought a gambone Of
bakon that was reasty Skelton. Reaver to take away, to bereave. Sax. reafian, to ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1825
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Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect and Poems
Reast, or Reasty, the outside of bacon. Much bacon is reasty.—Tusser. Reels, or
Reech, smoke, steam, &c. 'Tis as hateful to me as the reek of a lime-kiln.—Slxal<
espeare. Rick, a stack of corn. In the north they make small ricks of them in the ...
Tim Bobbin, George Cruikshank, 1828
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A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original ...
... by the binders in harvest time. Sax. ripa, ripe. Sc. rip. Reast, restiveness. —
Reastv, restive, stubborn. Ital. restio. Old Eng. restie. " A realty horse." Sometimes
applied to a man. " He's reasty now." Reasty, rancid; particularly applied to bacon
.
John Trotter Brockett, 1829
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REASTY»
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England's forests: Volunteering in your local woodlands
In May they spent a day cutting back vegetation as part of a project to restore the Blue Man Walk across the North Yorkshire moors between Reasty Bank and ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»
Is Lancashire dialect going wambly and reasty?
LINGUISTS have started an investigation into whether regional dialects are dead or, as they used to say in these parts, just a little “wambly”. Publisher Collins ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Nov 09»
