Grizzie wanted to get rid of him, that she might "Redd up" her kitchen.
"Warlock o' Glenwarlock"
George MacDonald
The soldier like a coreselett; bellaria, et appetitiua, Redd hearing.
"Bacon is Shake-Speare"
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
My granny used to say, gin Solomon couldna Redd oot the way o' a man wi' a maid, what wad he hae made o' the way o' a weedower that's lookin' for his third?"
"The Lilac Sunbonnet"
S.R. Crockett