And put on her best apron."
Queen of Corinth, ii. 4.
"'Tis late; good aunt, to bed: I am e'en unready."
Island-Princess, iii. 3.
In 1 H. VI. ii. 1 we have, "half ready and half unready," i.e. drest and undrest; and in Macb. ii. 3, "manly readiness" for men's clothes. To ready the hair is still used in some places for combing and arranging it.
Recheat (M. Ado, i. 1), notes played on the horn to call off the dogs.
Regiment (Ant. and Cleop. iii. 6), government, rule; (R. III. v. 3) body of troops, separate command.
Region (R. and J. ii. 2, Ham. ii. 2), the air. The space between the lunar sphere and the earth was divided into the region of air and the region of fire; the air was the region par excellence, as nearest to the earth. See Element.
Rest. The phrase "set up rest" (All's Well, ii. 1, M. of V. ii. 2, W. T. iv. 3, R. and J. iv. 5) in these plays is figurative, derived from gaming, chiefly at the game of cards called Primero. As this game came from Spain it brought, like Ombre, its terms with it, and rest was the Spanish resto, which meant not, as is usually supposed, the stake, but the bet or wager, which appears to have been made by the players only. "What shall we play for?—One shilling stake and three rest" (Florio, Second Fruits). The Spanish phrase for laying a wager, or making a bet at play, was echar el resto, put or throw down the sum betted; and this became in English set up the rest. The reason perhaps was because this phrase was already in use in a military sense, as the matchlock guns, on account of their weight and the mode of firing them, required a rest or support. The phrase was also used (R. and J. v. 3, Lear, i. 1) for making one's abode.
Restie (Cymb. iii. 6), "dull, heavy, idle, inert" (Bullokar).