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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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REEZE, v.1 Also reese. Cf. Reeve, v.3, n.3

1. Of the wind: to blow strongly (Sc. 1880 Jam.). Ppl.adj. reezin, reesin, in phr. a reezin wind, a strong dry wind (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Deriv. reesie, windy, blowy; gusty, of the wind.Fif. 1825 Jam.:
A reesie day.
em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 48:
A'e day when the wind was reezie, An auld man lost his wig.
m.Lth.1 1948:
I call a day on which there is guid drouth tae dry the claes “a reesy day” “There's a guid reesy wind”
Edb. 1993:
Wi've hid some right reezie days recently.

2. With behind: to break wind.Rxb. 1825 Jam.:
A reezing horse for one that is healthy; equivalent to the Prov., “A farting bairn is ay a thriver”

3. To pull someone about roughly (Sc. 1825 Jam.), sc. as if by a boisterous wind. But phs. a different word.

[Orig. doubtful. Phs. chiefly onomatopoeic. There is a curious parallelism of form and meaning between Reeve, v.1 and Reeze, v.1, and Reeve, v.2 and Reeze, v.2]

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