Middle English Dictionary Entry
dushing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | dushing ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Crashing; clashing, clattering; ~ togeder, dashing together, clashing.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7351 : Þare salle be..noyse and dyn..For þare salle be..dyngyng and dusching And skrykyng of synfulle.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)218/18 : He harde grete noyse & dusshyng of þe wawis togedur.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)455/2 : Þai [the bodies of two saints] made sike a dusshyng in þe cace at þai lay in, att all hard in þe quere.