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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1497-1513
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Mach, n.2 Also: mache, macht, magh. [Var. of Maich or of Mauch n.1] A male connection by marriage.a. A son-in-law. b. A brother-in-law.a. 1513 Doug. vii. i. 165 (Sm.).
To be thi mach sall cum a alyenar 1513 Ib. v. 81 (Sm.).
Lat the eild fader and magh knyt wp frendschip 1513 Ib. vi. 62.b. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 31.
Hyre mach a1400 Ib. xliii. 214, 8.
My mach(e
c. Unascertained instances: a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 596.
The kynge at the consell Of his macht [L. cognatus] 1497 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 60.
Androw Murray … and Johne Litstar his mache 1500 Reg. Privy S. I. 83/2.
George Armstrang, Hectouris bruther, Wilȝam Elwald his mach
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