A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ras(c)h(e, n.2 [Ras(c)h(e v.2, but perh. in part echoic in origin. Cf. also Ras(e n.1 2.] a. A heavy blow; a violent impact (in combat); a charge or rush. b. The sound of any of these; the clash of arms or armour.(To fall) with a rasch, ? violently; ? with a crashing noise.(1) ?1438 Alex. i 2439.
Sa fast thay frushit ilkane thair That fele war feld with rashes [F. versés] a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 914.
The rochis reirdit vith the rasch, quhen thai samyne rane 1513 Doug. xii xii 74.
For gret raschis all the hevynnys rang 15.. Clar. i 723.
The raschis of speiris did as the thunder rare(2) 1513 Doug. ix xii 60.
Sa felloun sownd or clap maid this gret clasche, That of hys huge weght, fell with a rasche, The erd dyndlyt 1533 Boece 619.
The Inglis man … with ane gret rasche fell to ground
