† mask-fat Sc. and north. dial. Obs.
Forms: 3 mascfat, 4–6 mask fat, (4 maxfate), 5–6 mask-fatt, (6 maskefatt, -fate).
[Northern var. mash-fat: see mask n.2 and fat n.1]
A mashing vat.
| 1263 Excheq. Rolls Scotl. (1878) I. 14 Item, in ij cunys, scilicet, mascfats, emptis, ij s. 1367 Finchale Priory Acc. (1837) p. lxxviii, j maskfat, j gylfat. 1378 in Test. Karleol. (1893) 127 Unum plumbum cum uno maxfate. 1430 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 12 Unum maskfatt. 1567 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 267 A maskfatt and a swett wort fatt. 1600 Acc. Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 279 Item one maskefate. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Brewer, The..utensils of a brewer..are a furnace..a copper..a mask-fat. |