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ˈreeing, ˈrying, vbl. n.
Also 5 rey(i)ng, 9 reean, rieing, rayen.
[f. ree v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of reeing corn; hence reeing-sieve, reeing-machine.
α1400–1Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 603 In j ridella et j reyingsife empt. ijs. vjd. 1485–6Ibid. 649, 1 Reyng syff, iijd. 1620Markham Farew. Husb. (1625) 115 With small reeing siues to dresse it from the Corne, and so preserue the dust. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 283 Reeing-machines have been invented for cleansing corn. 1878Cumbld. Gloss., Ree, to riddle corn in a ‘ree-an sieve’.
β1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. VI. iii. 64 (E.D.S.) A brass or iron wire round hand-sieve, which we call a rying-sieve. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Rieing-sieve, same as Blind-sieve.
γ1863W. Barnes Dorset Gloss., Rayen-zieve.., a sieve, used chiefly in cleansing clover.
†2. Such a quantity as can be reed at once. Obs.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 104 A bushell of pease, and a bushell of rye, into which we putte a ryinge, or two, or three, of barley. |