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ˈeassin, v. Sc.
Also easten, eicen, -sen.
[? repr. OE. *œxnian, *œhsnian, f. oxan-, *ohsan-, ox; cf. ON. kýr yxna ‘a cow in heat’ (Vigf.).]
a. Of a cow: To desire the male.
b. fig. To desire strongly. Hence ˈeisning vbl. n.
1661Act Chas. II, vii. 183 (Jam.) Fiftie sex calves, which within three years..would have eicened. 1715Pennecuik Tweeddale 15 (Jam.) The country people call this plant..Eastning wort, which they affirm makes cows come to bulling. a1774Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 42 (Jam.) Ye'll weet mony a drouthy mou', That's lang a eisning gane for you, Withouten fill, O' dribles frae the gude brown cow. |