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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1579-1603
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(Rouge-broun,) Ruge-, Rusch(e-broun, adj. Also: roudge-, rudge-, ruuge-, rouuge-; ruische-, rousch-. [F. rouge and Broun(e adj. or F. brun.] Reddish-brown in colour; russet. Also, once, absol. = a stuff of this colour.(a) 1582 Treasurer's Accounts MS 110.
Ane eln roudge broun stemmyng 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII 280b.
Ane pece of ruge broun stamyn … price of the eln iij li. viij s. 1584 Ib. XIV 130b.
Rudge broun satyne 1593–5 Treasurer's Accounts MS 170.
Ruuge broun 1603 Ib. 234b.
Rouuge broun coittoun freis to be hir ane vther goun at iij li. the ell(b) 1582 Edinburgh Testaments XI 180b.
Ruschebroun stemmyng 1585 Treasurer's Accounts MS 61b.
Rusche broun stemmyng tobe ane pair of sockis 1597 Edinburgh Testaments XXX 158b.
Rusche broun satene 1601 Treasurer's Accounts MS 96.
Ruische broun weneis craip to be him ane coit 1602 Tailor's Acc. Bk. 29b.
Rusch broun Londone claitht to be … cloik coit and breikisabsol. 1579 Edinburgh Testaments VII 277.
vij elnis … of ruge broun price of the eln iiij l. iij s. viij d.(b) 1581 Edinburgh Testaments IX 205.
Ane paitclaith of rusche broun 1588–9 Cal. Sc. P. IX 673.
Tua peice rousch broun
