reeloven

A baker's oven in which the bread pans are swung on the horizontal arms of a rotating reel. *reel-pot, s. A drunkard. ( Middle ton .) reel-rail, adv . In a confused manner. ( Scotch .) reel-stand, subst . A holder of thread reels for ladies' use in sewing. reēl (2), *reill, s. [Gael. righil =a reel.] Music: 1. A lively rustic dance, peculiar to Scotland, in which the couples sometimes swing or whirl round, and sometimes pa , forming the figure 8. 2. The music for such a dance, generally written in common time, but sometimes in jig time of six quavers to a bar. "And the piper blew a gamesome reel." Blackie: Lays of Highlands and Islands, p. 79.