A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1610-1620
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Rasch(e, n.3 [e.m.E. rashe Ras n.2 (1578), cloth rash a smooth worsted fabric (1592). Cf. Germ. rasch, f. as Ras adj. and n.2] —1610 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI 83b.
Thrie elnes … Italian rasch claith at xl s. the elne 1620 Ib. L 353.
Cloth rasche
