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Isch(e, v. Also: iss(c)h, ish(e, ich, ysche, yssh(e. P.t. and p.p. ischit, ischeit, etc. [Late ME. issh, yssh (c 1400–c 1450), thereafter appar. only Sc.; cf. Iss(e v. Cf. also Usch(e v.]

1. intr. To go or come out, go forth.(a) 1375 Barb. v. 189.
He durst nocht ysche out to fair Fra thine to … Air Ib. 338.
Thai that in the castell were Yschit ont 1513 Doug. iii. ii. 21.
Al wery beyn we yschit furth of schip(b) c1450-2 Howlat 813.
Thow [the Raven] ischit out of Noyes ark, and to the erd wan 1488 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 5.
The partis ischit, the court wardit, the partis in com 1513 Doug. vi. xv. 1120.
Ȝettis twane … At quham the suythfast swevynnys by and by … ischis furth lychtly 1546 Treas. Acc. IX. 44.
Sna that nane of the said castell suld ische be sey a1578 Pitsc. II. 296/19.
The castell was incloset that nane micht almaist ische furth nor in 1622-6 Bisset I. 156/20.
That all maisseris ische out of the counsalhouse, at everie tyme with the pairties(c) 1488 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 36.
The said Margaret deponit … that schow suld … ich and dewod hir self … owt of the hous of … Andro Archbald 1586 St. A. Kirk S. 571.
[To] depart to the kirk dur and stand quhill the haill pepill haif ishet furth a1651 Calderwood V. 116.
[He] would not ishe at the duke's command, till he was putt out by force

2. Freq., To sally out, make a sally or sortie. (Said of a beleaguered force, one lying in ambush, etc.)(a) 1375 Barb. iv. 95 (C).
Mony tymes ysche thai wald, And bargane at the barras hald Ib. xv. 7.
Thai yschit out … Till assave thair fais c1475 Wall. v. 37.
The worthi Scottis … Socht till a place for till haiff yschet ont(b) 1375 Barb. ii. 2048.
Thai … bad Schyr Amery isch to fycht c1420 Wynt. viii. 6551.
Swa slely haf thai made that trane That he ischyd rycht sturdely 1492 Myll Spect. 280/31.
The said Paris, with all his men of armes, ischit out of ther covertis vpone thaim 1513 Doug. ix. xi. 59.
Ischand withont the portis … , Thai durst recontyr thar fayis hand for hand 1531 Bell. Boece I. 45.
They devisit, the samin nicht, to ische on thair ennimes Id. Livy II. 163/24.
Ane new cumpany of Romanis ischit happelie fra thare tentis & put the inemyis abak 1548 Treas. Acc. IX. 201.
The Inglischemen being ischit furth of Hadingtoun and byrnand in the cuntre 1558-66 Knox I. 461.
The rest … , parceaving the danger of thair fallowis isshed out for thair succurs 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 325.
The men of the castell ischit and brunt the mane barne 1615 Highland P. III. 209.
Thay … past directlie fra the deponner towardis the castell, and to the company who had isheit out thairof

3. To issue, flow out, pour out. Also fig. c1500-c1512 Dunb. vxiii. 85.
[To] vat the vennim ische all out 1513 Doug. iv. v. 143.
Furth of the chyn of this ilk hasard anvd Gret fludis ischis 1533 Boece xi. vi. 416 b.
The king … repressing his ire, quhilk eftirwart was to isch, sufferit the barouns depart

4. To proceed as issue; to be born. 1558 Acts II. 508/1.
Gife it salhappin … oure sade souerane departe of this mortale life without airis ischeit of hir body

5. tr. To clear (a room, building, etc.) of occupants by causing them to go out. 1533 Bell. Livy I. 91/10.
Quhen scho had ischit the chalmer of al persouns Ib. 135/10.
Eftir that the hous was ischit of all suspect persouns 1537 Acts (1597).
Alsoone as the lords be entred in the tolbuith, that an maisser ische the councel-house and … let na man enter 15.. Clar. iv. 2801.
Efter supper quhen ischit was the hall 1603 Haddington Corr. 211.
Scho kythit extreamlie seik, and … the hows being commandit to be ischit, scho swownit a1651 Calderwood IV. 611.
Chanceller Matlane was so ashamed of his behaviour … that he caused ish the chamber