cush (kush)

[Anglo-Ind.] The commercial name in India for sorghum. cushat (kush'at), n. [E. dial. also cushot, cow shot, cowshut, cooscot, Sc. also kowschot, also cushie (cushie-dow); Far ben thy dark green planting's shade The cushat croodles am'rously. Tanna hill . In this country the ringdove or wood-pigeon is also called the cushat and the queest. Yarrell , British Birds.