reasty (comparative more reasty, superlative most reasty)
(obsolete, UK, dialect) rusty and rancid; applied to salt meat
• Stayer, e-trays, estray, satyre, starey, stayer, stayre, tyrase, yarest
Source: Wiktionary
Reas"ty, a. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
– Reas"ti*ness, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
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