Middle English Dictionary Entry
quishin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quishin n. Also quishen(e, -on, -ien, quissin, -en, -on, -ing, quisin, queshin, -on, quess(i)on, quessihon, quessing, quoshin, -en & (N) quhishen, quhissin, whishin, -en, -on, -ing, (NWM) whissin & cushin(e, -en, -on(e, -oun, -eon, -iun, cuishun, cuȝshen, coshin(e, -on, coishin, cos(s)in, cochin & kushin, -oun, kussin, kuchin, koshen, -an, -on, koushon & (errors) qwsshyn, schesshon. |
| Etymology | OF: cp. AF quissyn, CF coissin, cuissin, cussin, coussin, cosin; also cp. AL quissinus, ML cos(s)inus, cus(s)inus, cois(s)inus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cushion, bolster, or pillow; a cushion for the arm or for sitting or kneeling on; also, a hassock or footstool; (b) quishin(es cloth, a case or cover for a cushion.
Associated quotations
a
- (1302-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100503 : In 6 quissinis, 3 s. 6 d.
- (1321) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29139 : In aula..iiij quisynes.
- (1383) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.128 : [3] dosers, [6] bankours, [and 18] cosyns [worth 30 s.].
- (1384) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.135 : [3] quyssons [and a bundle of] bedys.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.22 : [12] quesshons.
- (1389) Will York in Sur.Soc.4129 : Johanni Couper: a docer & a new bancqwer & ij Cochyns.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.97 : [3] bankers [with 10] coysshynes.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4511 : De ij s. rec. pro vj qwhyssyns de bordall.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)877 : A cheyer by-fore þe chemne..Watz grayþed for sir Gawan grayþely with cloþez, Whyssynes vpon queldepoyntes.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)49/17 : Þou schalt not fynde aboute Marie and hure childe none gaiȝe couerelites ne testres, curtynes, docers, quischines.
- (1419) *Will Bury155a : I be qweþe Isbel my dowter..alle þe cusschownes & a docer.
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4571 : ix qwyssynnes ejusdem sectæ, maxime debilibus..ij qwyssynnes de serico cum diversis bestiis albis..iiijor qwyssynnes de rubeo vellvet.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.13.18 : Woo to hem that sewen to gidre cusshens [vr. kusshines; WB(2): cuschens; L pulvillos]..for to take, or disseyue, soulis.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1229 : Down she sette hire by hym on a stoon Of jaspre, upon a quysshyn [vrr. quessyhon, quyssen, cusshyn] gold-ybete.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.964 : With that word he for a quysshen [vrr. cosshon, qwessyon] ran, And seyde, 'Kneleth now, while that yow leste.'
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Kings 5.9 : Men of Geth..maden to hem seetis of skynnes, ethir cuyschuns [L sedes pelliceas].
- a1425 Life St.Bridget (Cld B.1)3/14 : Before hir bed laye þare one tapet, and þareon wald sho li; sho had vndir hir one quessing, and apon, one singill clothe or elles one mantill.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)345/9 : Laye a cusshon [*Ch.(1): pilowe; F oreiller; L puluinar] or a rounde or bowged fardel byhynde þe schuldres.
- (1429) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9960 : In 6 quyssyngs empt., 6 s. 2 d.
- (1432) Invent.Selborne in Mun.Magd.Oxf.10 : Item, iiij peles, iij quessones, unde i de cerico.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3022 : I wyte to Annas Drynge a rede docer with a banquere, and all ye whisshyns.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)94 : Coschyne: Sedile.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)111 : Cuschone [Win: Cuschyne]: Cuscina, supinum.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)579 : Bryng a chayere and a qwyschene And sett ȝone povre palmere ther-in.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)444 : Pighte was it prowdely withe purpure and paulle, With dossours and qweschyns and bankowres fulle bryghte.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30104 : Lego predicte Helenæ..dim. dos. whisshons rubiis cum waterlefe.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)7784 : Tapyttes and cusshons [vr. schesshons] to hem be fett.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.39/14 : Item, ij qwysshyens of Red clothe of Sylk.
- (1451-2) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)315 : xij koschanes of Rede Worstede with our Armes.
- (1454) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.142 : [5 torn] quosshens de tapstre [work, 2 s.].
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30227 : Sir Thomas desireth..his seid executours that thai delyver to the forsaid William his son..alle the kuchyns of tapisserwerk with alamitez.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57155 : Item, my mastyr delyveryd..to Wellyem of the Wardrop ffor to bye wyth velvet ffor..kosschennys, xxiij s. iiij d.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4923 : I wille she haue..iij of the cusshonys in the parlour and iiij of the olde grene kusshownes that lyn in hire chambyr.
- (1468) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31403 : Paide for makyng of a qwysshen, xxij d.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1147/8 : Anone there was layde a cussheon of golde that he shulde knele uppon.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : ij cusschyuns y-keverd wyth grey skyns.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)924 : Þe bankers & quosshyns in þe chambur, se þem feire y-sprad, boþe hedshete & pillow also.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)101b : A Qwyschyn [Monson: Qvhischen]: puluillus.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)434 : Curiouste stondiþ in hallis..in doseris, bancurs, and cuȝshens.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)459/62 : Thys lord Ihesu wrappyd in a wyspe of heye..Carpetys or kowschonys cam not in hys weye.
- a1500 Alex.-Cassamus (Cmb Ff.1.6)12 : These fresh ladyes & these lordes ben sette On kussynys of silk.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)744/20 : Hoc pulviner, Hoc cervicarium, Hic pulvinus: a coschyn.
b
- (1385) in Rec.B.Nottingham 1230 : Dimidiam partem de sex peciis de banquers et quyschinskloth, pretii omnium eorum xxiiij s.
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3049 : Lego..sex nova qwysshyns de gryffones, et sex qwysshynnes clathes de arraswerk.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.3099 : Lego eidem dim. dos. qwissyngges clothes cum gaytes de arras werke.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30101 : Lego eidem dim. dos. whyisshynges clothes de mensibus anni of arras werke cum dim. dos. whisshens de viridi et blodio.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45102 : De ij dos. et di. quysshyn-cloth, vj s. iij d.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.45108 : De vj qwyssyns-clothes cum aquilis, iij s.
2.
Cook. The rump of beef.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)40 : Take fayre Bef of þe quyschons, & motoun of þe bottes, & kytte in þe maner of Stekys.
3.
A wooden drinking bowl, mazer.
Associated quotations
- (1378) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.422 : [Articles that were in the shop of Thomas Trewe, haberdasher..2 wooden] cosynis, 2 d.
- (1436) Will York in Sur.Soc.3058 : Lego Willelmo, filio meo..unam murram, quae vocatur cossyn.
4.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- -?-(1367) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9665 : Willelmus Qwsshynmaker.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39)39/23 : Forto make whyte schepes leþere, as for bagges or qwyschouns or what oþer þyng þat þu wilt.
Note: New spelling.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. cushion.