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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

REEDS, n.pl. A method of catching coalfish (see quot.).Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 141:
Reeds. The mode of catching the young of the Coal-fish. It is simply done by a hand-line from a boat anchored, commonly by a stone, near the shore.

[Phs. more correctly the place in the sea where this is carried out and to be connected with O.Sc. reyd, 1561, anchorage, roadstead, M.L.Ger. reide, Mid.Du. re(e)de, id.]

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