A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1560-1561
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(Masoun,) Masson, v. [Late ME. (c. 1430) and e.m.E. masown, mason, masson, F. maçonner.] tr. To build of stone, as a mason; transf. —a1561 Norvell Meroure 55a.
The high Alpes … And their great craigges, massoned by Natour
