by the mass: expressing asseveration, or as an oath. Also English regional (Cumberland): amass. Also simply mass! (as int.). (In some dramatic uses…
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释义 | the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to mass (6) by the massc1404 by the mass: expressing asseveration, or as an oath. Also English regional (Cumberland): amass. Also simply mass! (as int.). (In some dramatic uses… by the mattea1556 Only in by the matte (as a trivial oath). by (the) mackins!?1577 In by (the) mackins!: expressing asseveration. Also simply mackins! (as int.). mack!?1577 In by (the) mack!: expressing asseveration. Also simply mack! (as int.). mass!?1592 by the mass: expressing asseveration, or as an oath. Also English regional (Cumberland): amass. Also simply mass! (as int.). (In some dramatic uses… by the maskins!1611 In by the maskins!: expressing asseveration. Also (occasionally): by the Mary maskins! Cf. mackins, n. |
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