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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1512, 1597
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Rug, n.1 Also: ruge. Also irregular variant: ruche. [Rug v.] a. A pull or tug. b. A piece torn off. —a. ?1438 Alex. ii 8898.
He … hynt the king richt by the hand And by the heltis of the brand And sa rude a ruche he him gaif That he reuit it [sc. the sword] of his neif c1420 Wynt. iii 367.
Wytht a rug [C. ruge] thai [C. the] rapys all He crakyde in to pecys smalle c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 9/60.
The clayth that claif to his cleir hyd, Thay raif away with ruggis rude —b. c1450-2 Howlat 797 (A) (see Rif(e v. 1 (3) pres.). a1500 Henr. Practysis 40.
Recipe, thre ruggis of the reid ruke 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 191.
He suld … tak thrie rugges off ane dog hillack [and] fesch heime to hir
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