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Redit, Reidit(t, ppl. adj. [Rede v.2] Of land: Cleared of growth, and so prepared for sowing. = Red ppl. adj. 1 and Rede ppl. adj. a. — 1551 Prot. Bk. R. Lumsdane MS 17.
The land … that is on sawin als waill that is reiditt as on reidit to be sawin be the said Thomas 1568 Glasgow Prot. V 107.
Ane merk land of thair said malyng in redit land
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