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massymore Sc.|mæsɪˈmɔə(r)|
Also 8 masmore.
[? ad. Sp. mazmorra dungeon: cf. mattamore.]
An alleged local term for a castle dungeon.
1789Grose Antiq. Scotl. I. *53 [Crighton Castle, Edinburghshire.] The dungeon called the Mas-More is a deep hole, with a narrow mouth. 1802Scott Minstr. Scott. Bord. I. Introd. 79 note, One of the ancient lairds had imprisoned, in the Massy More, or dungeon of the castle, a person named Porteous. 1808― Marm. iv. xi, Crichtoun!..still may we explore..The darkness of thy Massy More. |