An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

MES, MESS, s. Mass, S.
Godly Ballads.

Mes, or Mass John, a ludicrous designation for the minister of a parish, S.; q. Mass-priest.
Poems Buchan Dial.

MESALL, MYSEL, adj. Leprous.

Fr. mesel, id.

Bellenden.

MESCHANT, adj.
V. [Mischant].

To MESE, v. a. To mitigate.
V. [Meis].

MESE of herring, five hundred herrings.
Skene.

Isl. meis, a bag in which fish are carried.

MESH, s. A net for carrying fish, S.; from the same origin with Mese.