† mesn.

Forms: Middle English mase, Middle English measse, Middle English mese, Middle English messe, Middle English metz, Middle English–1500s mes.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mes.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mes (in phrases a mes within range, a dreit mes accurately, with sure aim) and Old French mes throw, shot (12th cent.; apparently not attested in Middle French) < classical Latin missus shooting of missiles, distance traversed by a missile, lit. sending (see mess n.¹).

Obsolete.

A stroke, a blow. to mark (a person) with a mes: (figurative) to strike with a calamity or affliction. at good mes: in good range or position for a shot.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > range of missile

mesc1390

level1548

range1588

flight1608

effective range1844

c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 320 An Angel..haþ brandist his brond..To Marke þi middel at a Mase in more þen in þre.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 3462 Suffre, I rede, and no boost make, Till thou at good mes [Fr. en bon point] maist hym take.

?a1425 Lament. Mary to St. Bernard (Rawl.) 328 (MED) Jhesu, my son so dere, Whi lattes þou þam merk me þis mese [sc. the Crucifixion]?

a1450 York Plays (1885) 77 Bot þe Jewes..Sall noȝt be merked with þat messe [sc. the plagues of Egypt; a1500 Towneley Plays 70 measse].

1532 (?a1400) Romaunt Rose 1453 To shoten at good mes to the der.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	mes
释义	† mesn. Forms: Middle English mase, Middle English measse, Middle English mese, Middle English messe, Middle English metz, Middle English–1500s mes. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mes. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mes (in phrases a mes within range, a dreit mes accurately, with sure aim) and Old French mes throw, shot (12th cent.; apparently not attested in Middle French) < classical Latin missus shooting of missiles, distance traversed by a missile, lit. sending (see mess n.¹). Obsolete. A stroke, a blow. to mark (a person) with a mes: (figurative) to strike with a calamity or affliction. at good mes: in good range or position for a shot. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > range of missile mesc1390 level1548 range1588 flight1608 effective range1844 c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 320 An Angel..haþ brandist his brond..To Marke þi middel at a Mase in more þen in þre. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 3462 Suffre, I rede, and no boost make, Till thou at good mes [Fr. en bon point] maist hym take. ?a1425 Lament. Mary to St. Bernard (Rawl.) 328 (MED) Jhesu, my son so dere, Whi lattes þou þam merk me þis mese [sc. the Crucifixion]? a1450 York Plays (1885) 77 Bot þe Jewes..Sall noȝt be merked with þat messe [sc. the plagues of Egypt; a1500 Towneley Plays 70 measse]. 1532 (?a1400) Romaunt Rose 1453 To shoten at good mes to the der. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1390
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