See ree in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1839, Joseph Robertson, The Book of Bon-Accord: or, A Guide to the City of Aberdeen, footnote, page 94:",
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}
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{
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:",
"text": "After it is well rubbed and winnowed, you must then Ree it over in a fine Sieve , and if any of the Malt be uncleansed , then rub it again into the Sieve , 'till it be pure , and the rubbings will ariſe on the Top of the Sieve",
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}
],
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"To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off."
],
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"riddle",
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],
[
"sift",
"sift"
],
[
"separate",
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"(obsolete, UK, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off."
],
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"etymology_text": "Probably from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"word": "riddle me ree"
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"ref": "1768-9, Tobias George Smollett, The Present State of all Nations",
"text": "The church of this pariſh, vulgarly called St. Mary Overy, from its dedication to the virgin Mary, and ſituation over the Ree or river, in reſpect of London, is a ſtately Gothic ſtructure, in the form of a cathedral."
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"A small river or stream."
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"(obsolete or Essex dialect) A small river or stream."
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