remeid
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English remede, from Anglo-Norman and Old French remede. Doublet of remedy.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɹəˈmid/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmiːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈmid/, /ɹiˈmid/
Noun edit
remeid (countable and uncountable, plural remeids)
- (dialect) Remedy.
- (Scots law) Legal redress of a wrong.
- 1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64:
- […] the Commissioners of Burghs […] meet yearly at Inverkeithing “to treat of the welfare of merchandize, the good rule and statutes for the common profit of burghs, and to provide for remeid upon the skaith and injuries sustained within the burghs.”
- 1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64:
- (Scotland and Northern Ireland) Any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing.
- (Scotland, obsolete) The proportion by which a coin may acceptably deviate from its ideal weight or proportion of precious metal.
- (Scots law) Legal redress of a wrong.
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
remeid (third-person singular simple present remeids, present participle remeiding, simple past and past participle remeided)
References edit
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "remeid, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2009.