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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Reid, n. [ME rede (c 1320), e.m.E. read, OE réada. In later dial., the fourth stomach of a ruminant.] The stomach (of an animal). —c1450-2 Howlat 839 (A).
He cryid: ‘Allace, … revyn is my reid [:steid, pleid, hed]! I am vngraciously gorrit, baith guttis and gall!’
