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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1549-1581
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Massife, Massive, a. [e.m.E. and late ME. massiffe (c 1410). -yf, massyue, F. massif.] Densely packed, weighty; solid. = Massy a. 1 b and 2. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 59/27.
The thoundir … congelis in diuerse massife cluddis 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 217.
To big up … with ruch wark in massive wall the duris and windowes on the eist syde of his land
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