rewthet

An obsolete form of ruth. rewthlest, a. An obsolete form of ruthle . rex (reks), n. [ L.rex ( reg- ), a king (= OIr. rīg, Ir. righ Gael. righ = W. rhi = Skt. rājan, a king: see Raja2 ), character marked by more or le violence. The noun in time lost its literal meaning, and was often spelled reaks, reeks ("keep a reaks, " etc.), and used as if meaning 'tricks.' I... thinke it to be the greatest indign i tie to the Queene that may be to suffer such a caytiff to play such Spenser , State of Ireland. Rex . The sound of the hautboys and bagpipes playing reeks with the high and stately timber. Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, iii. 2. Love with Rage kept such a reakes that I thought they would have gone mad together. Breton , Dream of Strange Effects, p. 17. Then came the English ordnance, which had been brought to land, to play such reaks among the horse that they were forced to fly. Court and Times of Charles I. , I. 256.