Definitions For Remeid

Verb

{{en-verb}} (Scotland, obsolete) To remedy, in its various senses.

Noun

REMEID (plural REMEIDs) (dialect) remedy, remedy, whether (Scotland, law) legal, legal redress of a wrong. 1878, William Charles Smith, ":s:encyclopædia britannica, ninth edition/borough, borough" in the :s:encyclopædia britannica, ninth edition, encyclopædia britannica, 9th ed., :s:encyclopædia britannica, ninth edition/volume iv, vol. iv, :s:encyclopædia britannica, ninth edition/borough#64, p. 64: : ... the Commissioners of burgh, burghs... meet yearly at inverkeithing “to treat of the welfare of merchandise, 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.” (Scotland, _, &, _, Northern Ireland) any, any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing. (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

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, xno, remeide}} and remede, from {{der, en, fro, remede}}. {{doublet, en, remedy}}..Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "remeid, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2009.

Anagrams

meride