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Quotation dates: 1549
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Land-rusche, n. [Land n.1 1, Rusch n.] The breaking of the waves on the shore. = Land-brist n. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 39/34.
I herd mony hurlis of stannirs & stanis that tumlit doune vitht the land rusche quhilk maid ane felloune sound, throcht virkyng of the suelland vallis of the brym seye