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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mase,) Maise, Mayse, Mease, v. [e.m.E. and ME. (a 1300) mase, maze.] intr. and passive. To be dazed, stupefied or astonished. —a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 124 (L).
I maisit [W. amazed], I gaisit To se that geir so gay Ib. 783.
I maysit a1651 Calderwood VII. 252.
Which when the brethren … understood, howbeit otherways men not verie forward, yit were so meased that some of them resolved to make a protestation
