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itis ashame! Magn., 564, Fansy: Tushe, a strawe! I thought 
none yll. 
tush, tushe, tusshe, tusche, tussch, tysche. Probably an assibi- 
lated form of tusk. Formerly, also twish! 
Mankind, 783: Tysche! a flyes weynge! wyll ye do well! 
Magnyfycence, 650: Tusshe! fonnysshe Fansy, thou arte fran- 
tyke. Magn., 786: Tusche! he that hath nede, man, let hym 
rynne. Magn., 251: Tusche, hold your pece, your langage is 
vain. Everyman: Tush! by thy thanks I set not a straw! 
York Plays, xxxiii, 121, Pilate: Ya, tussch! for youre tales. 
tut. Synonymous with tush, above. 
Magnyfycence, 1745: Measure? Tut! what the deuyll of 
hell ! 
vath. Meaning is obscure. It may be connected with the French 
adverb va, from the imperative of Latin vadere, to go. The 
-th may be the personal ending of the verb; but this is doubt- 
ful. In the example quoted the word seems to carry with it 
the idea of mockery. 
Coventry Plays, xxxii, Judaeus: Ya! vath! vath! now here 
is he That bad us dystroy oure tempyl on a day. 
wassaille, wassaylle. Anciently, a salutation or toast, meaning, 
“health to you!” ME. wes hail, literally, “be thou well!” 
Icelandic heill, hale, sound, cognate with OE. hal. For further 
discussion see hayle expressing greeting, in XII. Wes is a 
variant of ME. wes, imperative of wesan, to be. (For form 
wes in OE. cf. Beowulf, 407: Wes pu, Hropgar, hal!) The 
only example of wassaille noted is not listed with greetings, 
because it is used in mockery. 
York Plays, xxix, 372, Miles: Wassaille! wassaylle! 
wema. Cf. wemo expressing surprise, in I, and anger, in IV 
above. 
Towneley Plays, xxiii, 183: Tortor: wema, man! I trow 
thou doyte! 
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