▪ I. dush, v. Obs. exc. Sc.
(dʌʃ)
Forms: 4 dusshe, 4–6 dusche, 6– dush.
[Found in 14th c.: perh. a modification of dash, expressing the same kind of action with a suggestion of more muffled sound: cf. crash, crush.
But there are similar continental words, as Ger. dial. duschen, düschen, dussen, to beat, strike, knock, box (see Grimm, s.v. Dusen2); E. Fris. dössen to beat, etc. Cf. Douse.]
† 1. intr. To move with violent impulse or collision; to rush or strike forcibly against something; to fall with a thud. Obs.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1538 Such a dasande drede dusched to his hert. c 1400 Destr. Troy 6410 He dusshet, of þe dynt, dede to þe ground. c 1450 Henryson Mor. Fab. 37 For dread of death hee dushed ouer ane Dyke And brack his neck. 1513 Douglas æneis x. vi. 109 Owt throw the scheyld..Duschit the dynt. |
2. trans. To push or throw down violently.
| 1785 Burns Vision i. 45, I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht In some wild glen. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Dush, to push with violence. 1892 Northumb. Gloss., Dush, to thrust, to strike. (Obs.) |
Hence ˈdushing vbl. n.
| 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 7351 Raumpyng of devels and dyngyng and dusching. |
▪ II. † dush, n. Obs. exc. Sc.
Also 4–6 dusch(e, dosche.
[f. prec. vb.]
A violent blow, stroke, or impact; the sound of violent collision.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xiii. 147 [Thai] with axis sic duschis gaff. c 1400 Melayne 470 A fire þan fro þe crosse gane frusche, And in the Saraȝene eȝhne it gaffe a dosche. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 407 Dusch for dusch, and dynt for dynt. 1513 Douglas æneis v. iii. 82 With mony lasche and dusche, The carteris smat thar horsis fast in teyn. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 144 Heav'n rattles wi' the dunnerin' dush. |