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: 1560-1648
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(Main-mast,) Maine-, Mane-, Men-mast, n. [e.m.E. mayne mast (1485), Main a. 5.] The mainmast of a two- or three-masted ship. —1560 Rolland Seven Sages 568.
Thay war fane … To saue thair lyfis, for to cut thair mane mast 1597 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 16 b.
For treis to our maine mast 1641-8 Skipper's Acc. (Smettone) 17.
The men mast
