Remeid

Pronunciation

• Scotland IPA: en, /ɹəˈmid/
• RP IPA: en, /ɹɪˈmiːd/
• GA IPA: en, /ɹəˈmid/, /ɹiˈmid/

Origin

Borrowed from and remede, from . Cognate with remedy.

Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "remeid, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2009.

Full definition of remeid

Noun

1. (dialect) Remedy, whether
1. (Scotland, law) Legal redress of a wrong.
• 1878, William Charles Smith, "" in the , , :... 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.”
2. (Scotland & Northern Ireland) Any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing.
3. (Scotland, numismatics, obsolete) The proportion by which a coin may acceptably deviate from its ideal weight or proportion of precious metal.

Derived terms

• remeid in law, remeid of law

Verb

1. (Scotland, obsolete) To remedy, in its various senses.

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