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Keep. From : Ready, to, in the sense of setting to rights, is an old English term surviving in our speech. Grose quotes: "Ready, to ready the hair, to comb it," and speaks of a " Readying comb, a widetoothed comb." The word is often heard in America, but more generally assumes the equally old form, to redd, of which Grose says: " Redd, to untangle or separate. South." •' To redd up a room " is a marked provincialism in Pennsylvania, from whence it has passed into Ohio. It originated with the Scotch immigrants, who settled those districts, and brought the word with them from the borders.... DCDuringTALK00:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)Reply
