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(noun) - (1) A short mass said in great haste for hunters who were eager to start for the chase. Hence used as a phrase for any hurried proceeding. Found in Copley's Wits, Fits, and Fancies, 1614.
--Robert Nares' Glossary of the Works of English Authors, 1859
(2) The conjured spirit appeares, which will not be a while after many circumstances, long prayers, and much muttering and murmurings of the conjurers, like a papist prieste dispatching a huntting masse.
--King James I's Dæmonologie, 1597
(3) Equivalent to German Jagermesse.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1901
January 14, 2018