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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maso(u)n-werk, n. Also: massone-, mais(s)o(u)n(e-, measoun-, meassone- and -wark(e, -work. a. Work appertaining to a mason, mason's work. b. concr. Stonework, masonry.a. 1497 Reg. Cupar A. I. 309.
To wyrk … profitably the masonwerk of our forsaid abbay, bayth ennow and wtow quhen and quhar we charge hym 1598–9 Montgomery Mem. 240.
That na maister wirk ony maissoun wark vnder the … command of ony vther craftisman 1599 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 318.
For … wadges … tua dayis be maison wark 1629 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 370.
[300 merks] for working of the measoun work, ruffing, theiking with leid, … of the liberarie hous of the … Kirk 1665 Edinb. B. Rec. IX. 374.
The maisson to agrie for the maissone wark 1674 Lanark B. Rec. 197.
Neither yet sall they who give in ane essay of the wricht craft allenarlie be admittit to work massone work quhill ane new essay 1683–90 Soc. Ant. LIV. 244.
For mason and quarie work wrought by him and his menb. 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Particata.
To this fall, the … ruid of warke, or of buirds, or of maison, or sklait warke, is equall 1611 Macgibbon & Ross V. 5.
Ane hous … and … the stanework and masoun work of the samyn 1656 Edinb. Justices Peace 409.
[A mason] for every rood of mason-work, two ells high, is to have ten merks scots