A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mas, v. [F. masser (13th c.), f. masse Mas n.: e.m.E. mass (1604).] a. tr. To make into a package (Mas n. 3). b. reflex. To assemble in close-knit companies, to ‘concentrate’. —a. 1532 Grey Friars II. 252.
To deliver the said instrument, massit in papir and closit under the cheptour seleb. 1563 Reg. Privy C. I. 248.
The Clangregour … hes nocht onlie massit thame selfis in greit cumpanyis bot als [etc.]
