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~Maistlins~, _adv._ Mostly, S.

V. ~Lingis~.

MAISTER, MASTER, _s._

1. A landlord, S.

_Quon. Attach._

2. A designation given to the eldest son of a baron or viscount, conjoined with the name from which his father takes his t.i.tle, S.

_Spalding._

3. In composition, denoting what is chief or princ.i.p.al in its kind; as _maister-street_, the princ.i.p.al street; _mayster-man_, equivalent to _Lord_.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _mester_, a landholder, from _maest_, most, greatest.

~Maister~, ~Mastir~, ~Maistry~, _s._

1. Dominion.

_Wallace._

2. Service.

_Wallace._

3. Resistance, opposition.

_Id._

4. Victory, S.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _maistrie_, authority, power, arrogance, superiority.

~Maistryss~, ~Mastryss~, _s._

1. Affectation of dominion.

_Barbour._

2. Service.

_Id._