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~Maistlins~, _adv._ Mostly, S.
V. ~Lingis~.
MAISTER, MASTER, _s._
1. A landlord, S.
_Quon. Attach._
2. A designation given to the eldest son of a baron or viscount, conjoined with the name from which his father takes his t.i.tle, S.
_Spalding._
3. In composition, denoting what is chief or princ.i.p.al in its kind; as _maister-street_, the princ.i.p.al street; _mayster-man_, equivalent to _Lord_.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _mester_, a landholder, from _maest_, most, greatest.
~Maister~, ~Mastir~, ~Maistry~, _s._
1. Dominion.
_Wallace._
2. Service.
_Wallace._
3. Resistance, opposition.
_Id._
4. Victory, S.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _maistrie_, authority, power, arrogance, superiority.
~Maistryss~, ~Mastryss~, _s._
1. Affectation of dominion.
_Barbour._
2. Service.
_Id._
3. Art, ability.
_Id._
O. Fr. _maistrise_, affectation of superiority; art, industry.
~Maisterfull~, _adj._
1. Difficult.
_Wallace._
2. Using violence.
_Maisterfull beggaris_, such as took by force.
_Acts Ja. II._
MAISTER, s. Stale urine, S.
_Maister laiglen_, a wooden vessel for holding urine; _maister-cann_, an earthen vessel applied to the same use, S.
Gael. _maistir_, id.
_Ferguson._
MAIT, MATE, _adj._
1. Fatigued.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Overwhelmed with fear.
_Douglas._
3. Dispirited, dejected.
_Wyntown._
4. Intoxicated.
_Wallace._
Teut. _matt_, fessus, id. languidus; Isl. _mod_, la.s.sus, _maed-a_, fatigare.
