MASTERY
NOUNS
► HIGHER HAND superiority in contest, mastery → a1225 obs.
► MAISTRICE mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat → a1300, chiefly Sc. obs.
► MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery → 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► MASTERDOM mastery, the upper hand → 1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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