riedet

A Middle English variant of reed1. rief, n. See reef3. rie-gra t, n. Same as rye - gra . riem (rèm), n. [ He rose suddenly and walked slowly to a beam from which an ox riem hung. Loosening it, he ran a noose in one end and then doubled it round his arm. Olive Schreiner, Story of an African Farm, i. 12. Riemann's function, surface. See function , surface . riesel-iron (rēʻzel-ī"ėrn), n. A sort of claw or nipper used to remove irregularities from the edges edges of gla where cut by the dividing-iron (which see, under iron ). [G. rie ling , a kind of