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Definition of Reiving
1. reive [v] - See also: reive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reiving
Literary usage of Reiving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1889)
"... or bo imprisoned at hard labor not more thau two years, or both, at the
discretion ot the A-rt; and evidence ot such demanding, exacting, or reiving ..."
2. Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland (1898)
"S. are few more remarkable phenomena in the political or social life of Scotland
than what is familiarly known as " Border reiving. ..."
3. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"... reiving. The arrangement at a wayside station is shown at W. When the circuit
is long and contains a large number of stations, the sending battery is ..."
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