Mat

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MAT, sb.1 Sc. Nrf. Ken. Hmp. Also written matt Ken. [mat, mæt.] 1. In comp. Mat-grass, (1) the wirebent Mardus stricta; (2) the marram-grass, Psamma arenaria. (1) Bnff. Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 284. (2) Nrf. (B. & H.) Hmp. A great tussock of the ‘mat’ grass which dips into the water, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1899) 155. 2. A woollen bed-covering; the coarse piece of sacking on which the feather-bed is laid. Rnf. A mat meant a thick woollen covering for the bed, generally wrought into a pattern, Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 350. Ken. Obs. Back chamber right hand, 1 flock bed... Fram matt and cords, Pluckley Vestry Bk. (Oct. 25, 1790).

MAT, sb.2 e.An. A tool for stubbing furze, ling, &c.; a mattock. e.An.1, e.Suf. (F.H.)

MAT, v.1 Hrf.2 [mat.] In phr. to mat potatoes, to stir the earth round them.

MAT, v.2 se.Wor.1 [mat.] To fit; to correspond. Cf. mattle, v.1

MAT, see Malt, sb.1, Mote, v.2