A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Reche, Rei(t)che, Reych, n.1 [Cf. Reche n.2, in 16th c. Eng. also = a stretch of water (1536), a bay (1526), a headland (1562). In some quots., ? perh. erron. for or put for rethe, etc., cf. later Sc. reith, var. of Ree, of which, SND conjectures, the basic form is probably *reethe, originally cognate with OSc. reid Rede n.3 3, Du. reed(e roadstead, anchorage.] ? An (enclosed) stretch of water. —1362–97 Reg. Episc. Morav. 188.
Usque ad le dede reche 1496 Treas. Acc. I 290.
To cary the knapholt in his bote oure the reych 1659 Edinb. B. Rec. IX 152.
He had taken doun the haill docke quhilk he wes in building within the reitche 1661 Ib. 255.
Upon the shoir or within the reiche
