tr.v.redd·ed also redd, redd·ing, reddsChiefly Pennsylvania
To clear: redd the dinner table.
Phrasal Verb:
redd up
To tidy: redded up the front room.
[Middle English dialectal redden, variant (probably influenced by Middle English redden, to free (from an encumbrance), rescue) of Middle English riddan, to clear (an area, a way), clear out; see rid.]
Our Living Language The terms redd and redd up came to the American Midlands from the many Scottish immigrants who settled there. In the meaning "to clear an area or to make it tidy," redd is still used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the United States, the word is especially common in Pennsylvania as part of the phrasal verb redd up.
redd 2
(rĕd)
n.
A spawning nest made by a fish, especially a salmon or trout.
'So soon,' says he, 'as I am gone, and the house is redd up and the gear disposed of' (all which, Davie, hath been done), 'give my boy this letter into his hand, and start him off to the house of Shaws, not far from Cramond.
Settled in Portland's Central Eastside, The Redd on Salmon Street is Ecotrust's newest big project and is poised to advance local food and ignite new opportunities.
Redd is an elected member of The American Law Institute, a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and was an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law for 15 years.
Malik Amin said that the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) led government will support the REDD plus initiative and looking forwards to the finalization of international mechanism of benefit sharing under the REDD plus program.
Florian Eisele, with the UN REDD Programme, yesterday said if the claims made by a UK-based environmental organisation, Fern, are correct, it would be 'concerning', but the UN program 'does usually not work with individual projects nor are we in a position to comment on them'.
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