An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To RED, REDD, REDE, RID, v. a.
1. To clear, to put in order; as, to red the road, to clear the way; to red up one's self, to dress; to red up a house, to put it in order; to red marches, to fix boundaries, also, to compose differences, S.
Wyntown.
2. To part combatants; also, to red a pley, to settle a broil, S.
Chr. Kirk.

Redder, Ridder, s.
1. One who endeavours to settle a dispute.
Baillie.
2. One who settles a dispute by force of arms.
Monro.

A. S. ge-raed-ian, Su. G. red-a, parare.

Red, Redd, s.
1. Clearance.
Wallace.
2. Order, S.

Isl. raud, id.

3. Rubbish, S.
V. [Outredd].

Red, Redd, part. adj.
1. Put in order, S.

A. S. hraed, paratus.

2. Used as E. ready, S. B.
3. Distinct; opposed to confusion, S. B.

Redding-straik, s. The stroke which one often receives in attempting to separate those who are fighting, S.
Kelly.