| 释义 |
† reste Obs. rare.
[var. of rest n.2]
(See quot. 1788.)
1776Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 22 May, Mr. Thrale's resolution to take up his restes in person. 1788Mrs. Piozzi note to above, When the master brewer goes round to his victuallers once a year, in order to examine..the stock left on the hands of the alehouse-keeper, the expression used in the profession is, ‘that he takes up his restes’. |
