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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1656
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Cresch(e, Creisch(e, v. Also: creche. [f. Cresche,n.] tr. To grease; to rub with grease or tallow.(a) a1500 Henr. Fab. 287 (B).
Scho … A quhyt candill out of a coffer stall, In steid of spyce to cresch thair teithis witball 1539–40 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 355.
For 2 pund swyne same to cresche the samin wowping witht 1540 Acts II. 376/1.
Of thame outwith burgh dingand, calk[and], cresche[and], or flaland claith 1563–4 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 177.
[That no person] draw clayth, ding, calk, creche, flaill or caird clayth 1583 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries VII. 552.
For ule and saip to cresche the Madin with(b) 1527 Treasurer's Accounts V. 322.
For Orkney buttir to creische the quhelis 1581 Satirical Poems xliv. 158.
Thair sleikit tungis ar sua veil creischit indeid 1629 Master of Works Accounts XX. 25 b.
For xij pund of butter for creisching the aixtreis of the peaceis 1656 Peebles B. Rec. II. 198.
Hawf ane pund of butter and tua schillings worth of sape to creische the towes
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