A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1540-1616
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Quising, Quissan, -o(u)n, n. Also: qwissan, quisching, queschine. [ME and e.m.E. quissyn (1361), quysshon (Chaucer), qwyschene (a1400), cuyschun (Wyclif), cuisshyn, qwyssyng (c1535 Raine N. Durham), quysshyon (c1525), quission (1543), OF coissin (1190 in Greimas), coessin, cuissin, quoissin, etc.: Cf. Cuschen, Cuscheon, Cusching, Cussen and Cussing n.] A cushion. —1540 Maxwell Mem. I 409.
Sax qwissanis 1551–2 Ayr Common Good Acc.
For tua quissouns [Ayr B. Acc. 114 quissanis] & flokis and lyningis 1563 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V 25 (Jam.).
Quischings 1585 Protocol Book of W. Cumming 75.
Ane cheyr ane quising 1596 Fraser P. 229.
Ane dussane of coddis … nyne quissonis 1616 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 84.
To gett grene buird claythis and queschines for serving of the saids buirds and cheares
