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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1539-1540, 1691-1698
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Mash, n. ? Also: musch. [Cf. F. masse sledge-hammer (and see also Mace n.) and MDu. masse, matse (maetse, maetche) id. Also in the mod. Sc. and north. Eng. dial.] ‘A heavy twofaced hammer, used for stone-breaking, etc.’ (SND, s.v. Mash). — 1539–40 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 355.
iij dosane half dosane irne muschis weyand xiiij stane wecht vj pund 1691 Foulis Acc. Bk. 135.
A quarrell mell, a pick, a mattock, 4 wadges, 3 mashs 1698 Ib. 229.
A great quarrell mell, 2 mashes
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