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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)hing, vbl. n. [f. Ras(c)h(e v.2] The action of striking blows, or of running at (upon) someone with hostile intention; the action of striking violently against (on) something. —1608 Glasgow B. Rec. I 293.
Accusit for accumpanieing William Heygat … in cuming to the Tolbuithe … and thair rasching and dinging at the sam a1658 Durham Commandments (1675) 210.
And a bold and desperate despising and rashing upon death

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