A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ree, Rie, n.2 (Cf. later Sc. ree, also reed, reegh, reith, etc., a yard or enclosure for storing coal (in Calrie, 1707), a (stone-built) yard in which cattle are wintered (1762), a permanent stone sheep-pen (chiefly south-western, 1804–), f., SND conjectures, earlier *reethe, ‘poss. orig. cognate with OSc. reid, Du. reede a roadstead, anchorage,’ (SND, s.v. Ree n.1), Red(e n.3) —1674 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS 17 Oct.
Proveist Fullartouns halfe skair at the lamb rie with Margarat McClellans twa pairts at the Boirland burne Ib.
Bailȝie Gordons skair besyde the rie 1682 Ib. 18 Nov. (see Lamb-rie n.). 1710 Paterson Ayr & Wigton I 80.
Severall of the inhabitants doe incline to build a coall-ree
