Lexicographical Neighbors of Maistries
Literary usage of Maistries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1858)
"Some of the maistries, particularly those who brought bullocks from the ...
Money has been sent from camp to enable Mr. Franks to pay the maistries one ..."
2. The Wynaad and the Planting Industry of Southern India by Francis Ford (1895)
"The difficulty with these maistries is that they bring " in the beggars and refuse
... I lost nearly Rs. 1000 in one year given in "advances to maistries. ..."
3. Memories of Madras by Charles Lawson (1905)
"Many of the owners of the carts sold them to the maistries of this place, and
they were hired by the Commissary of Supplies to carry provisions for the ..."
4. Indian Storage Reservoirs with Earthen Dams: Being a Practical Treatise on by William Lumisden Strange (1904)
"The maistries should accompany the Officer when he commences his inspection, and
the Subordinate, on his return journey. All orders for work and complaints ..."
5. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"maistries is reasonable here as far as the sense of the line goes, but the con
text for }>ere ar bokes ..."
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