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▪ I. † ˈruskin1 Obs.
In 5–6 ruskyn.
Some kind of fur. Also attrib.
[1287in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1866) I. xxii. 583 In the year 1287 the fur is called ‘squirrel and ruskin’.] 1427Will M. Colbroke, Comm. Ct. London (MS.), Unam togam de blod furratam cum Ruskyn wombes. a1550Treat. Galaunt (1860) 17 Thou ruskyn galaunt, that pouerte doth menace For all thy warrocked hoode, and thy proude araye.
▪ II. † ˈruskin2 Obs.
Also 8 ruscan, rouskin.
[a. Ir. rusgán, f. rusg bark: cf. rusky.]
a. A vessel made of bark or roots.
b. Butter preserved in a vessel of this kind.
1679Blount Anc. Tenures 80 A Tub of Butter, in Ireland still called a Ruskin [printed Rushin] of Butter. 1710Phil. Trans. XXVII. 305 They at several Feet deep cut thro' what the Irish call a Ruskin of Butter (which was a Firkin, or Vessel, made of the Barks of Trees..). 1719D'Urfey Pills IV. 325, I have..Ruscan and Cream joy, Wherewith you may slabber you. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IX. 344/1 Butter, called rouskin, hath been found in hollowed trunks of trees..; that the length of time it had been buried was very great, we learn from the depth of the bog..that had grown over it.
▪ III. † ˈruskin3 Obs.—1
? A rusk.
c1803C. K. Sharpe New Oxford Guide ii. in Mem. (1888) I. 15 Cakes, ruskins, prunelloes, and sweet damson cheese. |