Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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¶REVIE, n. A slightly bewildered or abstracted frame of mind, a “brown study”. Phs. nonce reduced form of reverie.Nai. 1828 W. Gordon Poems 219:
In he gaed just in a revie.
