" [re-d-widi.] The stake to which a cow's band is fastened.
" [re-d-widi.] The stake to which a cow's band is fastened. Cum.*, Wm. (J.H.) Cf. redstake.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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(obsolete, Scotland) rope, chain, or band that crosses the saddle of a horse to support the attachment of a cart.
(obsolete, Scotland, and, Northern England) To settle (a dispute, a boundary, etc.); to redd.
A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
Also written reade N.Cy.^ Mtg. ; rede Sc. Der.^ nw.Der.^ e.Som. ; reed Sh.I. Nhb.' Lakel." Cum.'* nw.Der.' Lin.' Lei.' War.°^ Som. ; and in forms rade Lin.' e.Som. ; ready Der.= nw.Der.' ; red Nhb.'; reddy Chs.' ; reid Sc. (Jam.) Nhp.' ; rid Cum." Amer. [rid.] 1. sb. The fourth stomach of a ruminating