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See reast1. reest2 (rēst), v. [Also reist, a dial. form of rest2: see rest2.] I. in trans. To stand stubbornly still, as a horse; balk. [Scotch.] In cart or car thou never reest it , The steyest brae thou wad ha'e fac'd it. Burns , Auld Farmer's Salutation to his Auld Mare. II. trans . To arrest; stop suddenly; halt. [Scotch.] reëstablish (rē-es-tabʻlish), v . t . [ re- + es- tablish. Cf. OF. restablir , retablir , F. rétablir , ristabilire , reëstablish.] To establish anew; set up again: as, to reëstablish one's health. in trans. 1. To enter again or anew. That glory... into which He re - entered after His pa ion and ascension. Water land, Works, IV. 66. 2. In law, to resume or retake po e ion of lands previously parted with. See reëntry, 2. As in case of Di eisin, the law hath been, that the di eisor could not re - enter without action, unle he had as it were made a present and continual claim. Selden , Illustrations of Drayton's Polyolbion, xvii. 128. II. trans . 1. To enter anew:as, ( a ) to reënter a house; ( b ) to reënter an item in an account or record.-2. In engraving , to cut deeper, as lines of an etched plate which the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently, or which have become worn by repeated printing. reëntering (re-en'tèr-ing), n. In hand - block calico - printing, the secondary and subsequent colors, which are adapted to their proper place in the pattern on the cloth by means of pinpoints. Also called grounding - in. E. H. Knight. reëntering (rē-en'tèr-ing), p.a. En tering again or anew.- Reëntering angle, an angle pointing inward (see an gle3 ); specifically, in fort., the angle of a work whose point turns inward toward the Reëntering defended place. IMG:content-1827.png:[blocks in formation] South erne . And thus was the precious tree of the cro e reestab lyshid in his place, and thauncyent myracles renewid. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 164. The French were re - established in America, with equal power and greater spirit, having lost nothing by the war which they had before gained. Johnson , State of Affairs in 1756. rees tab lis her (ré-es-tabʻlish-ėr), n. One who reëstablishes. Restorers of virtue, and re - establishers of a happy world. Sir E. Sandys, State of Religion.