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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1652-1685
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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 Edinburgh Testaments 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 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII 354.
Ten high lether ruschie chayers 1685 Ib.
A litle rushie lether chayer — 1666 Edinburgh Testaments LXXII 130b.
Four rusha chyres
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