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,) Rhee, v. (e.m.E. ree a call to horses, usu. a command to turn to the right; freq. in collocation with hayght (hey, hayte), as in the phr. neither heck nor ree (to go) neither to the left nor right, (to be) intractable or obstinate (Yks. dial.). Also in the later dials. of England, Scotland and Ireland.) —1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 29.
Lang time he had cast an eye At winsom Maistres Property, But she wou'd neither hyte nor rhee
