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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1592-1627
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Pus(c)h(e, n. [e.m.E. push attack (1563), thrust (1577), shove (1582), effort (1596). Cf. Pouse n.] a. A sudden or vigorous onset. b. The push (of a pike). —a. 1592 Criminal Trials I ii 322.
Master Dudley Ilper, knight, and Iohn Thules, quhilk vpon some suden pusches of persecution, mak their repair hitherb. 1627 Kellie Pallas Armata 25 (see Pus(c)h(e v.).
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