Definition of Messan

1. a lapdog [n -S] - See also: lapdog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Messan

message pad
message stick
message sticks
messageboard
messageboards
messaged
messageing
messageless
messagelike
messages
messages in a bottle
messages in bottles
messaging
messaline
messalines
messan (current term)
messans
messed
messed-up
messed-upness
messed up
messeigneurs
messelite
messenger
messenger-like RNA
messenger RNA
messenger bag
messenger boy
messenger pigeon
messengered

Literary usage of Messan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1853)
"The only other detrital phenomenon of the kind here adverted to which I have to mention, is one in Glen messan, a branch of the greater valley, ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"An obsolete form of missal. messan, ». and a. .... [Also messan-dog; used in cooking for a mess. The richly chased vessels of gold and silver which served ..."

3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"messan, or messin, a cur, a lap- dog, a pet dog. But tho' he was o' high degree, The fient o' pride, ... We hounds slew the hare, quoth the blind messan. ..."

4. History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway: With Historical Sketches by Peter Handyside M'Kerlie (1906)
"... or Kirk-Lachie as locally pronounced. It is so given on the Ordnance Map. There is difficulty in regard to the derivation of messan. ..."

5. The Poems of William Dunbar: Now First Collected. With Notes, and a Memoir by William Dunbar (1834)
"messan, a lap-dog; messan- tyk, a cur, a house-dog. Methis, (p. 22,) to come within our bounds. Mett, met, measure. Meyne, same as mene. ..."

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