quysshyn

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === coysshyn, cuȝshen, cuschen, cushin, cusshen, cusshon, cusshyn, kusshin, quesson, quesshon, quessyhon, quischin, quysson cuyschun (Buckinghamshire), coschyne, cuschone, cuschyne (Promptorium Parvulorum); cusshon, quyschon (Surrey) coschyn, cossyn, quissin, qwhyssyn, qwyssyn, whyssyn (Northern, North Midland); quhischen, qwyschyn (Catholicon Anglicum) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French coissin, cuissin, cussin, coussin, from Vulgar Latin coxīnus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwiˈʃiːn/, /kuˈʃiːn/, /-siːn/ IPA(key): /ˈkwiʃin/, /ˈkuʃin/, /-sin/ (with stress retraction) === Noun === quysshyn (plural quysshyns) A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow. (rare) The hind portion of a cow as meat. (rare) A drinking bowl. ==== Descendants ==== English: cushion (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: cusching, cussing, cuscheon Scots: cushin ==== References ==== “quishin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 September 2019.