▪ I. ush, n. Sc.
Also 5–6 vsche, 5 wsche.
[See next and ish n.]
† 1. = ish n. 1, egress n. 1. Obs.
| 1429 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. VIII. 10 [He] sall haf fre vsche and entre in to the said castell. 1534 Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.) 628 To be haldin..in houssis,..pastouris, lesouris, fre vsche and entray. |
† 2. = ish n. 2, issue n. 2.
| 1463 Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 23 To fynd the childe of the brok of his gudis to the vsche of fyue yeris. 1472 Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 164 The sade John Sperk entrand at the vsche of his [sc. Cant's] tak. 1489 Sc. 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.
| 1417 Reg. 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.
| a 1900 Caithness 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.
| c 1420 Avow. Arth. lxiv, On a day we vsshet oute. c 1470 Henry Wallace v. 1050 Thai..wsched furth upon the secund day. Ibid. viii. 116 Erll Patrik wschyt, for bid him wald he nocht. ? 1550 Freiris Berwik 130 (Maitland MS.), He had ane preuie postroun..That he micht vsche [Bann. ische] quhen [that] him list vnknawin. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 11 Certaine of the castell men wschit out. a 1614 J. 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.
| a 1400 Sir 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.
| a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 83 [They] dang out the portar ffrome the ȝett and wschit all the rest of the place. a 1614 J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 317 The King, taking me asyde, caussit ushe the Cabinet. a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1655) 374 Presently the roomes were ushed, and the Earl with his company went forth. 1685 Acts of Sederunt (1790) 163 The Lords..recommends to the Ordinary..to order the house to be ushed and cleared. |
b. To empty, cleanse.
| 1887 Suppl. 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.
| a 1824 in 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.
| 1890 Harper'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. 1910 Ibid. Mar. 613/1 Man alive, you've crossed half a continent to ‘ush’ at that wedding! |