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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

MAIZIE, n.4 A herring whose spawn has been discharged in the hold of the ship after capture (Rs., Abd. 1962). Gen. used attrib. with herrin.

[The form suggests Norw. meise-, O.N. meisa-sild, basketed or barrelled herring (see Maise), but the semantic connection is not ascertained.]

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