reast|y

reast|y
reast|y «REES tee», adjective, reast|i|er, reast|i|est.
Dialect. rancid: »

For six months the food…was only some reasty bacon and Indian corn (A. Welby).

[< Old French resté left over, past participle of rester to remain; see etym. under rest2 (Cf.rest)]

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