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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Ushering, vbl. n. [e.m.E. vshering (Shakespeare); Us(c)her n.] Ushering in, the ceremonious bringing in of courses of food. —Urquhart Rabelais iii xxx 247.
At the ushering in [F. l'apport] of the second service, Panurge … [made] a low reverence