Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dwelling or a messuage.
- noun A tale of 500 herrings. Also
maze . [Prov. Eng.] A measure or allowance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. Five hundred.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect, dated
five hundred
Etymologies
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Examples
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He that crabs without cause, should mease without mends.
Collection of Scotch Proverbs Pappity Stampoy
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He that crabbs [108] without cause should mease [109] without mends [110].
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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He should be seldom angry that has few to mease him.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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He that's crabbit without cause should mease without amends.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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reesetee commented on the word mease
Once used by fishermen as a measure of quantity--a mease equals the number of herring in a basket, roughly 620.
November 6, 2007