Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Maskit, Masquet, ppl. a. [e.m.E. masked (1585), f. mask v.] Masked, disguised. fig. and transf. — c1590 Fowler II. 34/26.
How canst thou defend thy impietys, masquet hypocreit? c 1594 (16..) Battle Balrinnes in Dalyell Sc. Poems 16th Cent. II. 347.
The lift was clad with cloudis gray And ower maskit was the moone
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Maskit ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 7 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/maskit>
