Reaf vs Rea - What's the difference?
reaf | rea |
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Spoil; booty; plunder, especially plunder from robbery.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) The act of practise of robbery; spoliation; depredation.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) The act of carrying off, abducting, or devouring (another).
(now, chiefly, dialectal, Scotland) Rapacity; greedy desire for plunder.
(now, chiefly, dialectal, Scotland) A thief; robber.
* 1834 August 2, Niles' Register , page 384:
* 1891 , H. A. Moriarty, Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude 80° east, including Madagascar , page 124:
As nouns the difference between reaf and rea
is that reaf is spoil; booty; plunder, especially plunder from robbery while rea is alternative form of lang=en.As an initialism REA is
request for an equitable adjustment, a term used in contracting with government entities in the United States to indicate that compensation is sought for unexpected costs arising in the fulfillment of a contract.reaf
English
Etymology 1
See (m).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- A large number of vessels continued to be wrecked, and a vast amount of property is lost on the Florida reafs .
- The largest ships may pass between the outer reafs and the Black rocks.