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- 1 Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy. dialectal
""I saw,", says I, "he was a ree-brained divell, but thought nothing of it, as all the British are so when they come abroad.""
- 2 Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy. dialectal
"One of the witnesses speaks of having seen this sober judge "upon the bench, when he appeared to be ree, and as if he had been drunk the night before.""
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Alternative form of rei (“Portuguese real”). alt-of, alternative
- 2 A state of befuddlement; intoxication. dialectal
- 3 A small river or stream. Essex, dialectal, obsolete
"The church of this pariſh, vulgarly called St. Mary Overy, from its dedication to the virgin Mary, and ſituation over the Ree or river, in reſpect of London, is a ſtately Gothic ſtructure, in the form of a cathedral."
- 4 A period of stormy or unsettled weather, especially one occurring somewhat predictably at a particular time of year. Scotland, Shetland, especially
"To my surprise he took our caustic remarks about the climate very calmly, even cheerfully. "Och, man, it's only the Beltane ree," he said with a lively twinkle, enjoying our bewilderment. Evidently, the Shetland weather was merely putting on a scheduled performance and he for one was very well satisfied with its achievement - but the Beltane ree . . . ?"
- 5 Initialism of rare earth element. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"REE-bearing minerals in these occurrences are allanite, betafite, brannerite, davidite, euxenite, fergusonite, florencite, monazite, polycrase, samarskite, synchysite, thorite, xenotime and yttrocrasite."
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- 6 A state of great excitement or frenzy. dialectal
- 1 To become extremely excited; fly into a rage. dialectal, intransitive
- 2 To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"After it is well rubbed and winnowed, you must then Ree it over in a fine Sieve , and if any of the Malt be uncleansed , then rub it again into the Sieve , 'till it be pure , and the rubbings will ariſe on the Top of the Sieve"
- 3 To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm. dialectal, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
Compare riddle (“a sieve”).
Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree. Alternatively, perhaps a variant (like rye, found in the placename Rye) of rith.
From Old Norse hríð (“storm”), whence also Norwegian Nynorsk ri (“period with harsh weather”).
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Rea, Ray. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads, from an obsolete Old Norse word meaning "gravelly ridge." * As a Korean surname, variant of Ri, itself a variant of Yi.
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