n
o, m., (dim. of 3 mes(s)) a pet dog, lapdog:
mesan .i. aon
is messa do c[h]onuib,
Corm. Y 879.
measán .i. cú beag,
O'Cl.
a mesan,
LU 3086
(
SG 236.18
) =
a orci,
2967
.
im
oircne rigna . . . .i. mesan,
Laws i 152 z Comm.
int oircne . . .
no in mesan,
O'Dav. 788
, cf.
1153
.
messan Conaire,
BDD
101 (b)
=
cū C.,
ib. (a)
.
Dubilla ainm in chon . . . messán
Bóinne,
Metr. Dinds. iii 32.