† restlingn.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
The action of twisting about or wriggling. Cf. wrestle v. 4a.
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1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii* Thair wes restling and reling but rest that raught.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1508- to proclaim upon the housetops
- to proclaim war
- to produce in evidence
- to produce the goods
- to proffer a candle before or to the devil
- to prolong one's agony
- to prolong the agony
- to promise fair
- to promise oneself
- to promise oneself something
- to promise the earth
- to promise the moon
- to propose a person's health
- to prosecute the law against
- to prosecute the law upon
- to protest for remedy of law
- to prove a maidenhead
- to prove a scienter
- to prove a woman's maidenhead
- to prove conclusions
- to prove fatal
- to prove fatal to
- to prove masteries
- to prove oneself a match for
- to prove out