| 释义 |
▪ I. maise, n. Now Sc. (Orkney) rare.
Brit. |meɪz|, U.S. |meɪz|, Sc. |mez|
Forms: Eng. regional (north.) 17 maiz Sc. 17 mease, 19– maise
[Probably the reflex of a borrowing > n.). In Orkney use probably via the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by the Scandinavian forms listed s.v. mease n. Compare maeshie n.]
= maeshie n.
1734in Proc. Orkney Antiquarian Soc. (1923) 1 65 One small hammer, seven pairs of meases, three pair old meases, with so much bent as make Eight pair meases. 1790F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Maiz, a kind of large, light hay-basket. North. 1988G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Maise,..a straw basket used for transporting materials on horseback.
▪ II. maise
variant of mease n.3
▪ III. maise, maisels
obs. ff. maize, measles. |