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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1632, 1696-1698
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Mascarad(e, Maskarad, Maskerat, n. [e.m.E. mascarad (1651), -ade (1667), masquerade, maskerade, earlier masquerada (1587), mascarado (1597), maskarado, Sp. mascarada.] a. A masquerade, a masked ball. b. A kind of cloth. —a. 1632 Lithgow Trav. 369.
Bullbeating, maskerats, singing of rimesb. 1696–8 Maxtones 52.
1 ell maskarad
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