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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mask, n.2 [ME. (1343) and e.m.E. mask(e, OE. max net. ? also *masc or *mæsc, ON. mǫskve, OSw. maske mesh. Cf. also Mass n. and Mast n.2] The mesh of a net. —c1575 Balfour Pract. 543.
That all sic cruives and maskis and heckis thairof sall have at the leist twa inche in lenth and thre inche in breidth 1639 Aberd. Council Lett. II. 144.
That the mask of the net be thrie inches wyd
