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maeshie, n. Sc. (chiefly Orkney and Shetland).
Brit. |ˈmeɪʃi|, |ˈmɛʃi|, U.S. |ˈmeɪʃi|, Sc. |ˈmeʃi|, |ˈmesi|, |ˈmezi|
Forms: 18– maeshie, 18– maisey, 18– maisie, 18– maizey, 18– maizie, 18– mashie, 18– maysie, 18– mazie, 18– mazy, 18– meashie, 18– meazie, 18– meshie, 18– meyshie, 19– maezhi, 19– maischie, 19– maishie, 19– measie, 19– meeshie, 19– meissi, 19– meshi, 19– mesi, 19– mezzi, 19– mezzie
[‹ maise n. + -y suffix6.
The forms show the common Scots variation between |s| and |ʃ| in the proximity of a front vowel (compare forms s.vv. mess v., mince n., etc.).]
A barrel-shaped wide-meshed basket or net made from straw, heather, or a similar material, usually hung on a packsaddle and used for carrying heavy or bulky loads.
1822S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Isles 431 Maiseys..are made of ropes prepared from ‘floss’ or rushes, these being reticulated in meshes of some inches in width. 1852A. Harper Fruits Solitary Hours 45 [He] had been seen wi' e'en sae glazie, And gaping mou' like ony meazie. 1899J. Spence Shetland Folk-lore 179 Winding..simmonds or gurdastöries for his maeshies and rivakessies. 1920J. Firth Reminisc. Orkney Parish 36 The maizie was sometimes made of bent cord, very rarely of rope, but for the most part of heather woven like a net, with large meshes about six inches square. 1933J. Gray Lowrie 26 Ye cood juist heuk da bight o' da maeshie fettel ower yon croilk apon his back. 1947Shetland Folk Bk. I. 13 He was carrying the huge load [of stones] in a meshi. 1978A. Fenton Northern Isles xxxii. 253 The making of maishies was one of the most interesting jobs in building up a set of peat-flitting equipment. |