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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1535, 1616
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Busch, Bush, v. 2 [Late ME. busshe (Caxton), earlier busse (1330), reduced from embusshe, -busse ambush.] a. intr. To lie in ambush. b. tr. To place in ambush. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 588.
The ost he maid in gud quyet to be; A space fra thaim he buschyt prewale c1475 Ib. ix. 1476.
Wndyr a bray thai buschyt thaim rycht law, Lang the wattyr 1535 Stewart 8436.
The Pechtis than wes buschit neir hand by 1616 Brus x. 204 (Hart).
For that night warned he priuilie, Them that in his wane sould ga, And them that bushed sould be alswa
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