Masche

From Old High German masca, from Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch maas, English mesh, Swedish maska. Perhaps borrowed from another Germanic language (such as Standard German), as expected inherited form is *Mäsche.

Masche f (Uri)

1. mesh
2. stitch

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 13.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃə/

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• Rhymes: -aʃə

From Old High German maska, from a Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ.[1] Cognate with Old Saxon maska. More at mesh.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

1. (knitting, crocheting) stitch
2. hole (in a net)
3. link (in chainmail)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Probably from the older meaning of “safety net, sling used for hunting”.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

1. (colloquial) trick, scam, shtick

   Das ist ja ne tolle Masche.

   Now that’s a nice trick.

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