Mesa, A tiuer that runneth by Brabant, the lande of Luke and Geller called the Mase.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mĕsa, ae, f., = me/sh, middle, pure Lat. media (post-Aug.).—Of hemp: tria ejus (cannabis) genera: laudatissima est e medio, quae mesa vocatur,
the middle sort
, Plin. 19, 9, 56, 174. mĕsancŭlon, i, n. (mĕsancŭla, ae, f.), = mesa/gkulon, a javelin, with a thong (acc. to others, a poise or bent handle) attached to the middle, Gell. 10, 25; cf.: mesanculum, teli missilis genus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.