n
o, m., (mesc)
mass, lump: mesgan (gl. massa),
Ir. Gl.
219.
Esp. a lump or pat of butter:
mescan .i. do mescad ind
loma āssas it is produced by churning,
Corm. Y 915.
miosgán
mór don im,
Oss. iv 216.11
.
etir mescána úr-ime,
MacCongl.
121.38
. g
p.
mescán
,
123.31
.
Túatha Mescán
,
87.16
. ceann
meascáin a large butter-pat,
Hackett xxvi 171.
is comor rucsat leo .... mias ┐ meascan 'they carried off in equal numbers ... platters and butter containers',
AI 408 (s.a. 1311.7)
? Cf. meascán 'a small dish',
Dinneen
.
Fig. in follg. expressions (Mod.Ir.): m.¤ margaid a butter-pat
for the market = a laughing-stock (? cheat):
mur sdoc magaidh
┐ mur mhiosgan margadh ag aos og,
Luc. Fid. 344.10
. m.¤
merbaill `a mass of delusion', infatuation:
measgán mearbhaill
mhacnasa na colna,
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