Sc. († and north.). Also 5 vssh(e, 5–6 wsch, 6 vsche, 7, 9 ushe. (var. of ISH v.1]
† 1. intr. To issue, come out (or forth). Obs.
c. 1420. Avow. Arth., lxiv. On a day we vsshet oute.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, V. 1050. Thai … wsched furth upon the secund day. Ibid., VIII. 116. Erll Patrik wschyt, for bid him wald he nocht.
a. 1550[?]. Freiris of Berwik, 130 (Maitland MS.). He had ane preuie postroun … That he micht vsche [Bann. ische] quhen [that] him list vnknawin.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), II. 11. Certaine of the castell men wschit out.
a. 1614. J. Melvill, Diary (Wodrow Soc.), 273. Hendrie Hamilton ushes out of a hous, where he lay in wait for bloode.
† b. To go or come in; = ENTER v. 1. Obs.
a. 1400. Sir Degrev., 1078 (1062). Þey vschen in with banere, v. hunderyd knyȝtus.
† 2. trans. To clear (a place) of people; to expel or drive out (occupants). Obs.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), II. 83. [They] dang out the portar ffrome the ȝett and wschit all the rest of the place.
a. 1614. J. Melvill, Diary (Wodrow Soc.), 317. The King, taking me asyde, caussit ushe the Cabinet.
a. 1639. Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot., VI. (1655), 374. Presently the roomes were ushed, and the Earl with his company went forth.
1685. Acts of Sederunt (1790), 163. The Lords … recommends to the Ordinary … to order the house to be ushed and cleared.
b. To empty, cleanse.
1887. Suppl. Jamieson, 257/1. To ushe the belly.
