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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Rus(c)hy, -ie, adj. Also: rusha. [17th c. Rushy (1696), Russie (1601), perh. after F. Russie Russia.] Ruschie lether, Russia leather, ‘a very durable leather made of skins impregnated with oil distilled from birch-bark’ (OED). —1652 Edinb. Test. LXVI 80.
Tuelf ruschie lether chyres 1662 Ib. LXX 317.
Ane vide resting rushie lether shyre worth twentie sex pund 1680 Moncreiffs 665.
12 rushy lether chairs 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII 354.
Ten high lether ruschie chayers Ib.
A litle rushie lether chayer —1666 Edinb. Test. LXXII 130b.
Four rusha chyres
