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▪ I. ush, n. Sc.
Also 5–6 vsche, 5 wsche.
[See next and ish n.]
†1. = ish n. 1, egress n. 1. Obs.
142915th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. VIII. 10 [He] sall haf fre vsche and entre in to the said castell. 1534Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.) 628 To be haldin..in houssis,..pastouris, lesouris, fre vsche and entray.
†2. = ish n. 2, issue n. 2.
1463Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 23 To fynd the childe of the brok of his gudis to the vsche of fyue yeris. 1472Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 164 The sade John Sperk entrand at the vsche of his [sc. Cant's] tak. 1489Sc. Acts, Jas. IV (1814) II. 215 Þat a proclamacioune be maid at the vsche of this parliament.
†3. A fine or amerciament; = issue n. 7 b. Obs.
1417Reg. Aberdon. (Maitland Cl.) I. 215 Þe kyrk..is in possession of þe tend penny of all wardis, relefis, and mariagis, vscheis of courtis, eschetis.
4. = issue n. 9. rare.
a1900Caithness Words (E.D.D.), Ush, the entrails of a slaughtered animal.
▪ II. ush, v.1 Sc. († and north.).
Also 5 vssh(e, 5–6 wsch, 6 vsche, 7, 9 ushe.
[var. of ish v.1]
†1. intr. To issue, come out (or forth). Obs.
c1420Avow. Arth. lxiv, On a day we vsshet oute. c1470Henry Wallace v. 1050 Thai..wsched furth upon the secund day. Ibid. viii. 116 Erll Patrik wschyt, for bid him wald he nocht. 1550Freiris Berwik 130 (Maitland MS.), He had ane preuie postroun..That he micht vsche [Bann. ische] quhen [that] him list vnknawin. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 11 Certaine of the castell men wschit out. a1614J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 273 Hendrie Hamilton ushes out of a hous, where he lay in wait for bloode.
†b. To go or come in; = enter v. 1. Obs.
a1400Sir Degrev. 1078 (1062), Þey vschen in with banere, v. hunderyd knyȝtus.
†2. trans. To clear (a place) of people; to expel or drive out (occupants). Obs.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 83 [They] dang out the portar ffrome the ȝett and wschit all the rest of the place. a1614J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 317 The King, taking me asyde, caussit ushe the Cabinet. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1655) 374 Presently the roomes were ushed, and the Earl with his company went forth. 1685Acts of Sederunt (1790) 163 The Lords..recommends to the Ordinary..to order the house to be ushed and cleared.
b. To empty, cleanse.
1887Suppl. Jamieson 257/1 To ushe the belly.
▪ III. ush, v.2 dial. or colloq.
[Back-formation from usher n.]
1. trans. To guide, escort, or lead.
a1824in C. K. Sharpe Ballad Bk. (1824) 11 Three valets,..To beir my tail up frae the dirt, And ush me throw the toun.
2. intr. To act the usher. (usher n. 1 d.) U.S.
1890Harper's Mag. Dec. 160/2 The six gentlemanly cow-boys..swore that whoever should prove to be the lucky man, the others would ush for him at the ceremony. 1910Ibid. Mar. 613/1 Man alive, you've crossed half a continent to ‘ush’ at that wedding! |