creeshy, a. Sc.
(ˈkriːʃɪ)
[f. creesh n. + -y1. In Gael. créisidh (ˈkreːʃi).]
Greasy.
| 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 140, I ken weill, be his creischie mow, He hes bene at ane feast. a 1605 Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 747 Creishie soutter, shoe cloutter, minch moutter. 1786 Burns Ordination i, Wabsters..pour your creeshie nations..Swith to the Laigh Kirk. 1891 Pall Mall G. 28 Dec. 2/2 But filthy lucre is the name For Scotland's creeshy pounds. |
b. subst.
| 1890 Scot. N. & Q. Aug. 53 Creeshie was the name given to boys and girls who worked in the carding and spinning departments [of woollen mills]. |