MA, MAY, MAA, MAE, adj. More in number, S.

A. S. ma, id.

Barbour.

To MA, v. a. To make.
Barbour.

Germ. mach-en, facere.

MA, aux. v. May.
Wyntown.

Sw. ma, Isl. maa, id.

MAAD, MAWD, s. A plaid worn by shepherds, S. A. Renfr.
Mannering.

Su. G. mudd, a garment made of the skins of reindeers.

MABBIE, s. A woman's cap, S. B.

mob, E.

Ross.

MACH, s. Son in law.
V. MAICH.

To MACHE, v. n. To strive.
Douglas.

MACKLACK, adv. In a clattering way.
Polwart.

Mak, make, and clack, a sharp sound.

MACRELL, MAKERELL, s.
1. A pimp.
Bellenden.
2. A bawd.
Philotus.

Fr. maquereau, leno; fem. maquerelle.

MACKREL-STURE, s. The tunny, a fish.
Pennant.

O. Su. G. stur, magnus.

To MAE, v. n. To bleat softly, S.
Ramsay.

Mae, s. A bleat, S.
Ritson.

To MAGG, v. a. To carry off clandestinely, Loth.

Su. G. miugg, clanculum.

MAGG, s. A cant word for a halfpenny, pl. maggs; the gratuity which servants expect from those to whom they drive any goods, Loth.
V. Maik.

MAGGIES, s. pl. Perhaps, maids.

A. S. maegth, virgo.

Philotus.

To MAGIL, MAIGIL, v. a. To mangle.
Douglas.

MAGRAVE, MAGRY, prep. Maugre.
V. Mawgre.
Wyntown.

MAHOUN, s.
1. Mahomet, O. S. and E.
2. Transferred to the devil.
Dunbar.

MAY, s. A maid, a virgin, S.
Wyntown.

Isl. mey, A. S. maeg, Norm. Sax. mai, Moes. G. mawi, id.

MAICH, MACH, (gutt.) s. Son-in-law.
Douglas.

Moes. G. mag-us, a son; A. S. maeg, id.; also a father-in-law, a kinsman.

MAICH, s. (gutt.) Marrow, Ang.

MAICHERAND, part. adj. (gutt.) Weak, incapable of exertion, Ang.

Su. G. meker, homo mollis.

MAID, s. A maggot, S. B.

Teut. made, Belg. maade, id.

MAID, adj. Tamed.
V. Mait.
Acts Ja. III.

MAIDEN, s. An instrument for beheading, nearly of the same construction with the Guillotine, S.
Godscroft.

MAIDEN, s.
1. The last handful of corn cut down by the reapers on a farm; this being dressed up with ribbons, in resemblance of a young woman, S.
A. Douglas.
2. The feast of harvest-home, S.
Statist. Acc.

MAIDEN, s.
1. The honorary designation given to the eldest daughter of a farmer, S. B.
2. The bride's maid at a wedding, S. B.
3. She who lays the child in the arms of the parent, when presented for baptism, Lanerks.

MAIGLIT, part. pa. Mangled.
V. Magil.

MAIK, s. A cant term for a halfpenny, S.

MAIK, MAKE, MAYOCK, s. A match, or equal, S.
K. Quair.

A. S. maca, Su. G. make, aequalis, socius.

To Maik, v. n. To match.
Douglas.

Germ. mach-en, sociare.

Maikless, Maykles, adj. Matchless, S.
Wyntown.

Su. G. makaloes, id.

MAIL, MALE, s. A spot in cloth, especially what is caused by iron, S.

A. S. mal, Teut. mael, macula.

To Mail, Male, v. a. To stain, S.

MAIL, MEIL, MEEL, s. A weight equivalent to about 7½ stones Dutch, Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. maal, a measure.

MAIL, s.
1. Tribute; pl. malis.
Bellend.
2. Rent paid, in whatever way, for a farm, S.
Erskine.
3. Rent paid for a house, garden, &c. S.
Acts Sed.

Hence house-mail, stable-mail, horse-mail, grass-mail, S.

A. S. male, Isl. mala, Ir. mal, tributum.

4. To pay the mail, to atone for a crime by suffering, S.
Hogg.

Black-mail, s. A tax paid by heritors or tenants, for the security of their property, to those freebooters who were wont to make inroads on estates.
Acts Ja. VI.

Germ. blackmal, id. from Alem. blak-en, praedari.

Mailer, Maillar, s.
1. A farmer.
Henrysone.
2. One who has a very small piece of ground, S.
Statist. Acc.

Mail-free, adj. Without paying rent, S.
Rutherford.

Mail-garden, s. A garden, the products of which are raised for sale, S.

Mailin, Mailing, Maling, s.
1. A farm, S. from mail, as being rented.
Maitland P.
2. The term during which a tenant possesses a farm.
Baron Courts.

Mail-man, s. A farmer.
Baron Courts.

Mail-payer, s. The same, S. B.
Ross.

To Mail, Maill, v. a. To rent.
Acts Ja. I.

MAILYIE, s.
1. In pl., the plates or links of which a coat of mail is composed.

Teut. maelie, orbiculus.

Douglas.
2. Network.
Henrysone.

To MAIN, v. a. To bemoan, S.
V. Mene, v.

Main, Mayne, Mane, s. Moan, S.
Wallace.

MAYNDIT.
V. Wayndit.
Wallace.

MAYNE, MANE, s.
1. Strength of body.
Wallace.
2. Courage, valour.
Douglas.

A. S. maegen, Isl. magn, magnitudo virium.

MAINS, MAINES, s. The farm attached to a mansion-house, S.
Skene.
V. Manys.

L. B. Mansus Dominicatus, id.

MAYOCK, s. A mate.
V. Maik.

MAYOCK FLOOK, a species of flounder, S.
Sibbald.

MAIR, MAIRE, MARE, s.
1. An officer attending a sheriff for executions and arrestments, S.
Acts Ja. I.
2. Maire of fee, a hereditary officer under the crown, whose power resembled that of sheriff-substitute in our times.
Acts Ja. I.

Gael. maor, an officer; C. B. maer, a ruler; Arm. maier, the head of a village; Fr. maire, anc. maier, a mayor; Alem. mer, a prince.

3. The first magistrate of a royal borough.
Wallace.

MAIR, adj. More.
V. Mare.

MAIRDIL, adj. Unwieldy, Ang.

Apparently from Gael. muirtamhuil, heavy, pron. nearly as the S. term.

MAIRATOUR, adv. Moreover, S. B.
Ross.

MAIROUIR, MAIROUR, adv. Moreover.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

MAIRT, s. Winter provision.
V. Mart.

MAIS, conj. But; Fr.
Bannatyne P.

To MAISE, MEYSE, v. n.
V. Meise.

MAYS, MAYSE, MAISS, 3 p.v. Makes.
Barbour.

MAIST, MAST, adj.
1. Most, denoting number or quantity, S.
Barbour.
2. Greatest in size, S.
Douglas.
3. Greatest in rank.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. maists, A. S. maest, Isl. mest, id.

Maist, Mast, adv.
1. Most, S.
Wyntown.
2. Almost, S.
Shirrefs.

Maistlins, adv. Mostly, S.
V. Lingis.

MAISTER, MASTER, s.
1. A landlord, S.
Quon. Attach.
2. A designation given to the eldest son of a baron or viscount, conjoined with the name from which his father takes his title, S.
Spalding.
3. In composition, denoting what is chief or principal in its kind; as maister-street, the principal street; mayster-man, equivalent to Lord.
Wyntown.

Su. G. mester, a landholder, from maest, most, greatest.

Maister, Mastir, Maistry, s.
1. Dominion.
Wallace.
2. Service.
Wallace.
3. Resistance, opposition.
Id.
4. Victory, S.
Douglas.

O. Fr. maistrie, authority, power, arrogance, superiority.

Maistryss, Mastryss, s.
1. Affectation of dominion.
Barbour.
2. Service.
Id.
3. Art, ability.
Id.

O. Fr. maistrise, affectation of superiority; art, industry.

Maisterfull, adj.
1. Difficult.
Wallace.
2. Using violence.
Maisterfull beggaris, such as took by force.
Acts Ja. II.

MAISTER, s. Stale urine, S.
Maister laiglen, a wooden vessel for holding urine; maister-cann, an earthen vessel applied to the same use, S.

Gael. maistir, id.

Ferguson.

MAIT, MATE, adj.
1. Fatigued.
Bellenden.
2. Overwhelmed with fear.
Douglas.
3. Dispirited, dejected.
Wyntown.
4. Intoxicated.
Wallace.

Teut. matt, fessus, id. languidus; Isl. mod, lassus, maed-a, fatigare.

To MAK, MACK, MAKE, v. n.
1. To compose poetry.
Kennedy.

Alem. gimahh-on, componere.

2. To avail.
It maks na, it does not signify, S. B.
Ross.
3. To assume prudish airs.
Peblis Play.

Mak, Make, s.
1. Manner.
Wallace.
2. A poem, or work of genius.
Kennedy.

Makar, Makkar, s. A poet.
Wallace.

Alem. machara, auctores.

Making, s. Poetry.
Dunbar.

Makdome, s.
1. Shape.
Montgomerie.
2. Elegance of form.
Dunbar.

To Make to, v. n. To approximate.
Baillie.

MAKE, s. Mate.
V. Maik.

MAKINT, pron. Maikint, adj. Possessing assurance, S. B.

Isl. mak, ease; Teut. mak, tame.

Makintly, Maikintly, adv. Confidently, S. B.

MAKLY, adv. Equally.

Isl. makligt, A. S. maccalic, fit, equal.

MALDUCK, s. The fulmar.

MALEGRUGROUS, adj. Grim; apparently discontented, S.

Gael. mala, having gloomy brows, and gruagach, a female giant.

MALESON, MALISON, s. A curse, S.

O. Fr. maleiÇon, maleison, id.

Kelly.

MAL-GRACE, s. The opposite of being in a state of favour, Fr.
Spotswood.

MALHURE, MALLEUR, s. Mischance.
G. Buchanan.

Mallewrus, Malheurius, adj. Unhappy.

Fr. malheureux.

Douglas.

MALICE, MALE-EIS, s.
1. Bodily disease.
Barbour.
2. Trouble of mind.

Fr. malaise, disease; q. malum otium.

MALING, adj. Malignant.

Fr.

Burel.

Maling, s. Injury, hurt.
Watson.

MALISON, s. A curse.
V. Maleson.

MALLACHIE, adj. Denoting the colour resembling milk and water mixed, S. B.

A. S. meolec, milk; Belg. melkachtig, milky.

To MALLAT, v. n. To feed.
Watson.

Isl. maul-a, masticare; or from maal, a meal, and et-a to eat.

MALLOW, s. Zastera marina, Orkn.

MALMOCK, s. The Fulmar, Shetl.

Norv. id.

Neill.

MALVESY, MAWESIE, s. Malmsey wine.

Fr. malvoisie, id.
Pitscottie.

MALVYTÉ, MAWYTÉ, s. Vice.

O. Fr. malvetie, id.

Barbour.

MALWARIS, s. pl. Mowers.
Wallace.

MAMMIE, s.
1. A childish term for a mother, S.
Burns.

Teut. mamme, mater.

2. A nurse, S. B.
Ross.

Lat. mamma, Teut. mamme, the breast.

3. A midwife, S. B.

MAMUK, s. A fictitious bird.
Burel.

Fr. mammuque, id.

MAN, s.
1. A vassal.
Barbour.

A. S. Germ. &c. id.

2. One devoted to the service of another from love.
King's Quair.
3. A male-servant, S.
Baillie.
4. A husband, S.
R. Galloway.

MAN, aux. v. Must, S.
V. Mon.
Doug.

MAND, s. Payment.
Acts Sed.

O. Fr. amande, a fine.

MANDMENT, s. An order.

Fr.

Doug.

MANDRIT, part. adj. Tame.
Houlate.

A. S. manred, homage.

MANE, s. Lamentation.
V. Main.

MANE, Breid of mane, a very light and savoury white bread.
Dunbar.

Teut. maene, a cake of fine flour, shaped like an half moon; or Fr. pain d'amand, almond biscuit.

MANELET, s. Corn marigold.
V. Guild.

MANER, s. Kind.
Wallace.

MANG, s. To mix one's mang, to join in any thing, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. Su. G. meng-a, miscere.

To MANG, v. a.
1. To stupify.
Douglas.
To be mang't, to run into disorder, Ang.
2. To mar, to injure.
Bannatyne P.
3. To maim, to bruise.
Douglas.

O. Fr. man-ier, maltraiter, battre; Roquefort.

4. To overpower, Ang.
A. Nicol.
5. To render, or become, frantic, Ang.
Douglas.

Alem. meng-en, deficere; or A. S. meng-an, miscere.

MANGE, s. Meat, a meal.
Montgomerie.

Mangery, s. A feast.
Barbour.

O. Fr. mangerie, repas, festin.

To MANGLE, v. a. To smooth linen clothes by passing them through a rolling press, S.

Teut. manghel-en, polire lintea.

Mangle, s. A calender, S.

Germ. mangel, id.

MANYIE, MANGYIE, MENYIE, s.
1. A hurt, a maim, S.
Reg. Maj.
2. A defect, of whatever kind.
Id.

Goth. mein, damnum, vitium.

Manyied, Mainyied, Menyeit, part. pa. Hurt, maimed.
Skene.

MANIORY, MANORIE, s. A feast.
Douglas.

O. Fr. maniairia, festin de dÉbauche; maniar, manger, Roquefort.

MANYS, s. A mansion, a palace.
Doug.

O. Fr. manse, L. B. mans-us, mansion.

To MANK, v. a.
1. To maim.
Wallace.
2. To impair, in whatever way, S.

Teut. manck-en, L. B. manc-are, mutilare.

Mank, adj.
1. Deficient, S.
2. To look mank, to seem much at a loss, S.

L. B. manc-us, contractus, imminutus.

Mank, s. Want, S.
Ramsay.

Mankitlie, adv. In a mutilated state.
Crosraguel.

MANLY, adj. Human.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

To MANNEIS, v. a. To menace.
Complaynt S.

Mannessing, s. Threatening.
Compl. S.

MANRENT, MANREDYN, MANRED, MORADEN, s.
1. Homage done to a superior.
Barbour.
2. The power of a superior, in regard to kinsmen and vassals.
Bellenden.
3. In manrent, under engagement to support a superior.
Acts Ja. II.

A. S. manred, id.; man-raedene, vassals; from man, and raeden, law, state.

MANRITCH, adj. Masculine. A manritch qweyn, a masculine woman, S. B.

From man, and A. S. ric, expressive of abundance in any quality.

MANSE, s. The parsonage-house, S.

L. B. mansus, id.

Erskine.

To MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, v. a. to perjure, S.
Douglas.

A. S. manswer-ian, id., from man, scelus, and swer-ian, to swear.

Manswearing, s. Perjury, S.
Douglas.

MANSWETE, adj. Meek, Lat. mansuetus.
Douglas.

To MANT, MAUNT, v. n.
1. To stutter, S.
Z. Boyd.
2. Applied to rough unpolished verse.
Polwart.
3. As v. a. denoting the indistinct mumbling of the Romish litany.
Bannatyne Poems.

C. B. Ir. mantach, a stutterer.

To MANTEME, v. a. To possess.
Douglas.

MANTILLIS, s. pl. Large shields used as a covert for archers; Fr. mantelet.
Complaynt S.

MAPAMOUND, s. A map of the world.
Douglas.

Fr. mappemond, L. B. mappa mundi.

MAR, adj. More.
V. Mare.

MAR, s. Hindrance.
Wallace.

A. S. mar, damnum.

MARBEL, adj. Feeble, inactive, Loth.

C. B. marwÀawl, deadening; Gael. meirble, slow, weak; marble, heavy, benumbed.

MARBLE BOWLS, MARBLES, s. pl. The play among children in E. called taw, S.

MARBYR, s. Marble.
Complaynt S.

Fr. marbre.

MARCHE, s.
1. A landmark.
Douglas.
2. In pl. confines; as in E. Riding the marches, a practice retained in various boroughs, especially at the time of public markets, S.
Statist. Acc.

Marchstane, March-stone, s. A landmark, S.
Fountainhall.

Isl. markstein, id.

MARCHET, s. The fine, which, it is pretended, was paid to a superior, for redeeming a young woman's virginity, at the time of her marriage.
Reg. Maj.

L. B. marcheta, O. Fr. marchet, id. C. B. merch, a daughter.

MARCHROUS. L. marchions, marquisses.
Houlate.

MARE, s. A hod or mason's trough, S.

MARE, adj. Great.
Wyntown.

A. S. maere, Germ. mar, mer, id.

MARE, MAIR, adj.
1. Greater, S.
Douglas.
2. In greater quantity, or number, S.

A. S. mare, Isl. meire, id.

Mare, Mair, s. More, S.
Wyntown.

Mare, Mar, adv.
1. More, S.
Douglas.
2. Longer.
Barbour.

Sw. mera, adv. more.

Mareattour, adv. Moreover, S.
Douglas.

Mar furth, furthermore, S.
Wallace.

MARES, MARRES, s. Marsh.
Pal. Hon.

Moes. G. marisaius, Belg. maerasch, Fr. marais, id.

MARENIS, MURENIS, s. pl. Perhaps, conger eels. Lat. muraena.
Monroe.

To MARGULYIE, MURGULLIE, v. a. To spoil, to mangle, to mar, S.

Fr. margouill-er, to gnaw.

Ramsay.

MARIES, s. pl. The designation given to the maids of honour in Scotland.
Knox.

Isl. maer, a maid, pl. meijar.

MARYNAL, s. A mariner.
Complaynt S.

MARITICKIS, MARTYKIS, s. pl. French soldiers, employed in S. during the regency of Mary of Guise; from the name of the commander.

MARK, MERK, s. A nominal weight, Orkn.
Skene.

Su. G. mark, a pound of thirty-two ounces.

MARK, adj. Dark, S. B.
V. Mirk.
Journal Lond.

Mark, s. Darkness, S. B.
Watson.

Marknes, s. Darkness, S. B.
Burel.

MARLEYON, MARLION, s. A kind of hawk, E. merlin.
Dunbar.

MARMAID, MARMADIN, MEERMAID, s.
1. The mermaid, S.
Complaynt S.
2. Used as a ludicrous designation.
Kennedy.
3. The frog fish, Fife.
Sibbald.

Isl. mar, Germ. mer, the sea, and maid.

To MARR UP, v. a. To keep one to work, Ang.

Germ. marr-en, to grin or snarl.

MARROT, s. The foolish guillemot.
Sibbald.

MARROW, s.
1. A companion, S.
Complaynt S.
2. A married partner.
Henrysone.
3. One of a pair.
Ruddiman.
4. An antagonist.
Pitscottie.

Su. G. mager, maghaer, affinis.

To Marrow, v. a.
1. To equal, S.
Ruddiman.
2. To associate with, S. B.
Burns.
3. To fit, exactly to match.
Maitl. P.

Marrowless, adj.
1. Without a match, S.
2. That cannot be equalled, S.
Kelly.

MARSCHAL, s. Steward.
Barbour.

Germ. marschalk, praefectus servorum.

MART, Marte, s. War, or the god of war, Mars.
Douglas.

MART, Marte, Mairt, s.
1. A cow or ox, fattened, killed and salted for winter provision, S.
Acts Ja. IV.
2. Applied to one, pampered with ease and prosperity.
R. Bruce.

From Martinmas, the term at which beeves are usually killed for winter store.

MARTIN (St) OF BULLION'S DAY, s. The fourth day of July O. S., whence our peasantry form their prognostications concerning the weather; believing, that if this day be dry, there will be no rain for six weeks, but if it be wet, there will be rain every day for the same length of time, S.
Festum Sti Martini Bullientis, vulgo St. Martin Bouillant. Du Cange.

MARTIN. Martynis (Saint) Fowle, apparently the ring-tail, a kind of kite.

Fr. oiseau de S. Martin.

Dunbar.

To MARTYR, v. a.
1. To hew down.
Wallace.
2. To bruise severely, S.
Ruddiman.
3. To bespatter with dirt, Ang.

Fr. martyr-er, to put to extreme pain.

MARTRIK, MERTRIK, s. A marten.

Fr. martre, Belg. marter, id.

Bellend.

MASE, s. A kind of net with wide meshes, of twisted straw ropes, laid on the back of a horse, Orkn.

Dan. mask, a mesh.

MASER, MAZER, s. Maple.
V. Mazer.
Ritson.

MASHLIN, MASHLIE, MAISHLOCH, s.
1. Mixed grain, S. mashlum, Aberd.
Stat. Gild.

Teut. masteluyn, farrago.

2. The broken parts of moss; a moss of this description, S. B.

To MASK, v. a. To catch in a net, Ayrs.

Su. G. maska, Dan. mask, macula retis.

To MASK, v. a. To infuse, S.

Su. G. mask, a mash.

Chalm. Air.

Masking-fat, s. A mashing-vat, S.

Masking-pat, s. A tea-pot, S.
Burns.

MASKERT, s. Swines maskert, an herb, S. Clown's all-heal, S.

Perh. q. maskwort, the root infused for swine.

MASSIMORE, s. The dungeon of a prison or castle, S. A.
Minstr. Bord.

In Moorish, a subterranean prison is called Mazmorra.

MASSONDEW, s. An hospital.

Fr. maison Dieu, id.

Acts Sed.

MAST, adj. Most.
V. Maist.

MASTER, s. A landlord, S.
V. Maister.

MASTIS, MASTICHE, s. A mastiff.
Douglas.

MAT, Mot, aux. v. May.
Douglas.

Su. G. maa, maatte, possum, potuit.

MATALENT, MATELENT, s. Rage.

Fr. mal-talent, anger.

Wallace.

To MATE, v. a. To weary out.
V. Mait.
Douglas.

MATERIS, s. pl. Matrons; Lat. matres.
Douglas.

MAUCH, MACH, MAUK, s. A maggot, S.
Ferguson.

Su. G. matk, Isl. madk-ur, id.

MAUCHY, adj. Dirty, filthy, S.

Su. G. maegtig, mawkish.

MAUCHT, MAUGHT, MACHT, s.
1. Strength, S.
Barbour.
2. In pl. ability, in whatever sense.
Ross.
3. Mental ability.
Ross.

Teut. macht, maght, A. S. meaht, id.

Mauchty, Maughty, adj. Powerful, S. B.

Teut. machtigh. Alem. mahtig.

Ross.

Mauchtless, Maughtless, adj. Feeble, S.
Ross.

Sw. maktlos, Germ. maghtlos, id.

MAUK, s.. A maggot.
V. Mauch.

MAUKIN, s.
1. A hare. S.
Morison.

Gael. maigheach, id.

2. Metaph. a subject of discourse or disputation.
Boswell.

MAULIFUFF, s. A female without energy.

Germ. mal, speech, and pfuffen to blow.

To MAUM, v. n.
1. To soften and swell by means of water, S.
2. To become mellow, S.

Teut. molm, caries, et pulvis ligni cariosi.

Maumie, adj. Mellow, S.

MAUN, aux. v. Must.
V. Mon.

MAUN, used as forming a superlative, S.
Ferguson.
Muckle maun, very big or large.

A. S. maegen, in composition, great or large.

MAUNDRELS, s. pl. Idle stuff, silly tales, Perths., Border.

Su. G. men, vulgatus, and Isl. draeft, sermo stultus.

MAUSEL, s. A mausoleum.
Z. Boyd.

MAW. Sea-maw, s. The common gull, S.

Dan. maage, id.

To MAW, v. a.
1. To mow, S.
Burns.
2. To cut down in battle.
Douglas.

A. S. maw-an, Isl. maa, id.

MAWD, s. A shepherd's plaid.
V. Maad.

MAWESIE, s.
V. Malvesie.

MAWGRÉ, MAUGRÉ, MAGRÉ, s.
1. Ill-will.
Barbour.
2. Vexation, blame.
Henrysone.
3. Hurt, injury.
Douglas.

Fr. maulgrÉ, in spite of.

MAWMENT, s. An idol.
Wyntown.

Chaucer maumet, id. corr. from Mahomet.

MAWSIE, s. A drab, a trollop, S.

Isl. mas, nugamentum, masa, nugor.

MAWN, s. A basket, S. B.; maund, E.

To MAWTEN, v. n. To begin to spring; applied to steeped grain, S.

Su. G. maelt-a, hordeum potui praeparare, from miaell, soft.

To Mawten, v. n. To become tough and heavy.

Mawtent, part. pa.
1. Applied to grain which has acquired a peculiar taste, from not being thoroughly dried, Lanerks.
2. Dull, sluggish, Ang.

MAZER, MAZER-DISH, s. A drinking-cup of mapple.
Z. Boyd.

Germ. maser, Su. G. masur, the maple; Isl. mausur bolli, a mazer-bowl or cup.

MAZERMENT, s. Confusion, Ang.
Ross.

MEADOWS. Queen of the meadows, meadow-sweet, S.

MEALMONGER, s. A mealman, S.

MEAT-GIVER, s. One who supplies another with food.
Acts Ja. VI.

MEATHS, s. pl. Maggots, S.
Watson.

A. S. matha, vermis; S. B. maid, a maggot.

MEBLE, s. Any thing moveable.

Fr. meuble, id.

Sir Gawan.

MEDCINARE, MEDICINAR, s. Physician.
Bellenden.

MEDE, s. A meadow.

A. S. maede.

Doug.

MEDFULL, adj. Laudable.
Wyntown.

MEDIS, v. impers. Avails.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. maet-a, retribuere.

MEDLERT, s. This world.
V. Myddilerd.

MEDUART, s. Meadow-sweet.
Compl. S.

From A. S. med, a meadow, and wyrt, E. wort; Sw. mioed-oert, id.

MEEL-AN-BREE, Brose, Aberd.
Journ. Lond.

MEERAN, s. A carrot, Aberd.
V. Mirrot.

Gael. miuron.

MEETH, adj.
1. Sultry, S. B.
Pop. Ball.
2. Warm, S. B.
V. Mait.
Ross.

Meethness, s.
1. Sultriness, S. B.
Ross.
2. Soft weather.
Gl. Ross.

MEGIR, adj. Small, meagre.
Pal. Hon.

MEGIRKIE, s. A woollen cloth worn by old men in winter, for defending the head and throat, Ang.

To MEIK, v. a.
1. To tame.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Isl. myk-ia, Su. G. moek-a, mollire.

2. To humble.
Id.

MEIL, MEEL, MIEL, s. A weight, Orkn.
V. Mail, 2.

To MEILL of, v. a. To treat of.
V. Mel.
Wallace.

MEIN, MENE, adj. Common.
Kelly.

A. S. maene, Su. G. men, id.

MEIN, s. An attempt, S. B.

To MEING, MENG, v. n. Corn is said to meing, when yellow stalks appear here and there, S. B.

A. S. meng-ean, to mingle.

To MEIS, MESE, MEASE, v. a. To mitigate.
V. Ameiss.
Douglas.

To Meis, Mease, v. n. To become calm.
Kelly.

To MEISE, MAISE, v. n. To incorporate, S. B.

Germ. misch-en, to mix.

MEIS, s.
1. A mess.
Douglas.
2. Meat.
K. Hart.

Alem. maz, Su. G. mos, meat.

To MEISSLE, v. a. To waste imperceptibly, Fife.

Belg. meusel-en, pitissare.

MEITH, aux. v. Might.
V. Mith.

MEITH, MEETH, METH, MYTH, s.
1. A mark; meid, Ang.
Douglas.

Isl. mide, a mark, mid-a, to mark a place, to take observation.

2. A sign, of whatever kind, S.
Doug.
3. A landmark, a boundary.
Skene.

A. S. mytha. meta, limes.

4. The boundary of human life.
Doug.
5. A hint, an innuendo, S. B.
V. Myth, v.

MEKYL, MEIKLE, MYKIL, MUCKLE, adj.
1. Great, respecting size, S.
Douglas.
2. Much; denoting quantity or extent, S.
Ramsay.

A. S. micel, mucel, Alem. Isl. mikil, magnus.

3. Denoting pre-eminence, S.

Isl. mikilmenne, vir magnificus.

Mekildom, s. Largeness of size, S.
Rams.

Mekilwort, s. Deadly nightshade.
Bellenden.

To MEL, MELL, v. n. To speak, to mention, S. B.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. mael-a, Isl. mal-a, A. S. mael-an, id.

MELDER, MELDAR, s.
1. The quantity of meal ground at once, S.
Morison.
2. A salted cake, mola salsa.
Douglas.

Isl. malldr, molitura, from mal-a, to grind.

MELDROP, s.
V. Mildrop.

MELYIE, s. A coin of small value.

Fr. maille, a halfpenny.

Evergreen.

MELL, s.
1. A maul, S.
Ross.
2. A blow with a maul.
Pop. Ball.
To keep mell in shaft, to keep straight in any course, to retain a good state of health, Loth.; as one cannot strike well, if the handle be loose.

Lat. mall-eus; Moes. G. maul-jan, to beat.

To MELL, v. a. To mix.
V. Mellyne.
Barbour.

To Mell, Mel, Mellay, v. n.
1. To intermeddle, S.
Douglas.
2. To be in a state of intimacy, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.
3. To join in battle.
Wyntown.

Fr. mel-er, to meddle; Teut. mell-en, conjungi.

Melle, MellÉ, Mellay, s.
1. Contest, battle.

Fr. melÉe, id.

Wallace.
2. In melle, in a state of mixture.
Sir Gawan.

Mellyne, Melling, s. Mixture.
Barbour.

Fr. mellange, id.

MELL, s. A company.
Statist. Acc.

A. S. Teut. mael, comitia, conventus; mael-en, conjungi.

MELT, s. The spleen, S.
Complaynt S.

Su. G. mielte, id.

To Melt, v. a. To knock down; properly, by a stroke in the side, where the melt lies, S.
Gl. Complaynt.

MELTETH, MELTITH, s. A meal, S. meltet, S. B.
Henrysone.

Isl. mael-tid, hora prandii vel coenae.

To MELVIE, v. a. To soil with meal, S.
Burns.

Isl. moelv-a, comminuere; miolveg-r matr, fruges.

Melvie, adj. Soiled with meal, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

MEMBRONIS,

L. marlionis, merlins.

Houlate.

To MEMER, v. n. To recollect one's self.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. mymer-ian, reminisci.

MEMERKYN, MYNMERKIN, s. A contemptuous term, expressive of smallness of size.
Evergreen.

MEMMIT, part. pa. Allied.
Bannatyne P.

Teut. moeme, memme, matertera, neptis.

MENARE, s. A mediatrix, q. moyaner, q. v.
Houlate.

MENDS, s.
1. Atonement.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. Amelioration of conduct.
Kelly.
3. Addition.
To the mends, over and above, S.
Rutherford.

O. E. amends, compensation; Fr. amende, in pl.

To MENE, MEYNE, MEANE, v. a.
1. To bemoan, S.
Barbour.
2. To mean one's self, to make known one's grievance.
Ja. VI.
3. No to mein, not an object of sympathy, S.
Ramsay.
4. To indicate pain or lameness.
Gl. Sibb.

To Mene, Meane, v. n.
1. To make lamentation, S.
Minstr. Bord.
2. To utter moans, S.

A. S. maen-an, dolere, ingemiscere.

To MENE, MEAN, MEEN, v. a.
1. To intend, S.
Douglas.

A. S. maen-an, Germ. mein-en, intendere.

2. To esteem, to prize.
Douglas.
3. To make mention of.
Sir Egeir.

A. S. maen-an, mentionem facere.

4. To make known distinctly.
Lyndsay.
5. To recognise.
Ywaine and Gawin.
6. To reflect; with of or on.
Barbour.

A. S. maen-an, in animo habere.

7. To attempt.
Band Maintenance.

Mene, s. Meaning, design.
Douglas.

Mene, Mein, s. An attempt, S. B.
Ross.

MENE, adj. Intermediate.
Douglas.

MENE, adj. Common.
V. Mein.

To MENG, v. a. To mix.
V. Ming.

To MENGE, v. a. To soothe.

Teut. meng-en, temperare.

MENYEIT, part. pa.
V. Manyied.

MENYIE, MENGIE, MENYE, MENYHÉ, s.
1. One family.
Bannatyne Poems.
2. A company, S. B.
Douglas.
3. Followers of a chieftain.
Barbour.
4. An army in general.
Douglas.
5. A multitude, applied to things, S.
Ferguson.

A. S. menegeo, Alem. menigi, Isl. meingi, multitudo.

MENYNG, s. Compassion.
Barbour.
V. Mene, to lament.

MENKIT, pret. Joined.
Dunbar.

A. S. meneg-an, miscere, concumbere.

MENOUN, MENIN, s. A minnow, S.
Barbour.

Gael. meanan, id.; meanbh, little.

MENSK, MENSE, s.
1. Dignity of conduct.
2. Honour.
Barbour.
3. Discretion, S.
Burns.

Isl. menska, humanitas; A. S. mennisc, humanus.

Menske, adj. Humane.
Sir Tristrem.

To Mensk, Mense, one, v. a.
1. To treat respectfully.
Gawan and Gol.
2. To do honour to.
Lyndsay.

Menskit, part. pa. Honourably treated.
Gawan and Gol.

Menskful, Menseful, adj.
1. Manly.
Gawan and Gol.
2. Noble.
Gawan and Gol.
3. Moderate, discreet, S.
Ramsay.
4. Mannerly, respectful, S.
Ramsay.

Menskles, Mensless, adj.
1. Void of discretion, S.
Douglas.
2. Greedy, insatiable, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
3. Immoderate, S.
Morison.

Menskly, adv. Decently.
Barbour.

A. S. mennislice, humaniter.

MENSWORN, part. pa.
V. Mansweir.

To MER, v. a. To put into confusion.

Isl. mer-ia, contundere.

Wallace.

MERCAL, s. A piece of wood used in the construction of the Shetland plough.
Statist. Acc.

MERCH, MERGH, (gutt.) s.
1. Marrow.
Douglas.
2. Strength, pith, S.
Ferguson.
3. Transferred to mind, understanding.
Hamilton.

A. S. merg, maerh, Su. G. maerg, id.

MERCIABLE, adj. Merciful.

O. Fr.

King's Quair.

MERCIALL, adj. Merciful.
K. Quair.

O. Fr. merciaule.

MERCIALL, adj. Martial.
Bellenden.

MERE, s.
1. A boundary.
Wyntown.

A. S. maera, Su. G. maere, Belg. meer, id.

MERE, s. The sea.
Wyntown.

A. S. mere, Isl. maere, id.

Mereswine, Meer-swine, s.
1. A dolphin.
Douglas.
2. A porpoise, S.

Teut. maer-swin, delphinus; Su. G. marswin, a porpoise.

MERGH, s. Marrow.
V. Mergh.

MERY, adj. Faithful.
Gawan and Gol.

The phrase mery men, applied to adherents or soldiers, may be merely expressive of their hilarity in the service of their chief. A. S. mirige, cheerful.

MERGIN, adj. (g hard). Most numerous, largest, S. B.

Su. G. marg, multus.

MERK, s. An ancient Scottish silver coin, in value thirteen shillings and four-pence of our money, or thirteen pence and one-third of a penny Sterling.
Ruddiman.

MERK, MERKLAND, s. A denomination of land, from the duty formerly paid to the sovereign or superior, S. Shetl.
Statist. Acc.

MERK, adj. Dark.
V. Mark.

To MERK, v. n. To ride.
Gawan and Gol.

Arm. marck-at, Ir. markay-im, to ride; Germ. mark, a horse.

To MERK, v. a. To design, S. B.
Doug.

A. S. mearc-ian, designare.

MERKE SCHOT, the distance between the bow markis, in the exercise of archery.
Wyntown.

MERKERIN, s. The spinal marrow, Ang.

Mergh, marrow; and Germ. kern, pith; q. that which constitutes the pith of the body.

MERLE, s. The blackbird; Fr.
Compl. S.

MERRY-BEGOTTEN, s. A spurious child, Ang.

MERRY-DANCERS, s. pl. The Aurora Borealis, S.
Encycl. Brit.

MERTRIK, s. A marten.
V. Martrik.

MERVYS, mars.
V. Mer.
Barbour.

MES, MESS, s. Mass, S.
Godly Ballads.

Mes, or Mass John, a ludicrous designation for the minister of a parish, S.; q. Mass-priest.
Poems Buchan Dial.

MESALL, MYSEL, adj. Leprous.

Fr. mesel, id.

Bellenden.

MESCHANT, adj.
V. Mischant.

To MESE, v. a. To mitigate.
V. Meis.

MESE of herring, five hundred herrings.
Skene.

Isl. meis, a bag in which fish are carried.

MESH, s. A net for carrying fish, S.; from the same origin with Mese.

MESSAGE, s. Ambassadors, Fr. id.
Wallace.

MESSAN, MESSIN, MESSOUN, MESSAN-DOG, s.
1. A small dog.
Dunbar.
2. A country cur.
Watson.

From Messina in Sicily, whence this species was brought; or Fr. maison, a house.

To MESTER, v. a. Perhaps, to need.
V. Mister.
King's Quair.

MESWAND, s. A wedge; properly a measuring-rod.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

Alem. mez, mensura; wand, virga.

MET, METT, METTE, s.
1. Measure, S.
Acts Ja. I.
2. A determinate measure, S.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. maat, A. S. mete, mensura.

To METE, v. a. To paint.
Douglas.

A. S. met-an, pingere.

METE HAMYS, METHAMIS, s. pl. Manors.
Wallace.

A. S. mete, meat, and ham, a house.

METH, s. A boundary.
V. Meith.

METHINK, v. impers. Methinks.
Barbour.

A. S. me thincth, mihi videtur.

MEW, s. An inclosure.
Ferguson.

MEWITH, 3. p. v. Changeth;

Fr. mu-er.

Sir Gawan.

To MEWT, v. n. To mew, as a cat.

Fr. miault, mewing.

Kelly.

MYANCE, s. Means, wages, fee.

Fr. moyen, mean, q. moyens.

MYCHE, adj. Great, much.
Douglas.

Su. G. mycken, id. Isl. miok, mioeg, valde.

MICHEN, s. Common spignel, S.

Gael. moiken, id.

Statist. Acc.

MICHTIE, adj.
1. Of high rank.
S. P. Repr.
2. Stately, haughty, S.
3. Strange, surprising; also as an adv. as, michtie gude, S. B.

Su. G. maagta, very; maagta godt.

MID-CUPPIL, s. That ligament which couples or unites the two staves of a flail, S. B.

MIDDEN, MIDDYN, MIDDING, s. A dunghill, S.
Wallace.

A. S. midding, Dan. moeding, id.

Midden-hole, s.
1. A dunghill, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. A small pool beside a dunghill, in which the filthy water stands, S.

Midden-mylies, s. pl. Orrach, S. B., thus denominated, as growing on dunghills.

Mylies is allied to Sw. mell, melre, and molla, names for this herb.

To MYDDIL, MIDIL, v. n. To mix.

Belg. middel-en, intercedere.

Doug.

MYDDIL ERD, MEDLERT, MIDLERT, s. This earth.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. middan-eard, mundus, Alem. mittil-gard, id.

MYDDIS, s. The middle.
Wyntown.

Mydlen, adj. Middle.
Wallace.

Mydlest, adj. Middlemost.
Wyntown.

A. S. midlaesta, medius.

Mydlike, adj. Moderate, ordinary.

A. S. medlice, modicus.

Barbour.

Mid-man, Midsman, s. A mediator.
Baillie.

Mids, s.
1. Means.
Baillie.
2. A medium between extremes.
Pardovan.

Mydwart, s. Middle ward of an army.
Wallace.

A. S. midde, and weard, custodia.

Midwart, Amidwart, prep. Towards the centre.

A. S. midde-weard.

Douglas.

To MYITH, v. a.
V. Myth.

MYKIL, adj. Great.
V. Mekyl.

MILD, s. A species of fish, Orkney.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. mialld-r, piscis pulcherrimi nomen, sed captu rarus.

MILDROP, s.
1. The mucus flowing from the nose in a liquid state; meldrop, South of S.
Henrysone.
2. The foam which falls from a horse's mouth, or the drop at the bit, ibid.

Isl. meldrop-ar, spuma in terram cadens ex fraeno; from mel, a bit, and drop-a, to drop.

3. The drop at the end of an icicle, or any pendent drop, ibid.

MILK, s. An annual holiday in a school, on which the scholars present a small gift to their master, which has at first received its designation from milk, as the principal part of the entertainment.

To Milk the tether, to carry off the milk of any one's cows by milking a hair-tether, S., a superstitious idea, also prevalent in Sweden.

Milker, s. A cow that gives milk, S.

Milkness, s.
1. The state of giving milk, S.
Ross.
2. Milk itself, S.
Ferguson.
3. A dairy, S. A. Bor.
4. The produce of the dairy, in whatever form, S.
Spalding.

Milkorts, Milkworts, s. pl. The root of the campanula rotundifolia, S. B.

Milk-syth, s. A milk-strainer, S. corr. milsie, milsey.
Bannatyne P.

Also called the Sey-dish, from Sey, to strain, q. v.

Milk-woman, s. A wet-nurse, S. B.

To MILL one out of a thing, to procure it in an artful way, Loth.

Isl. mill-a, lenire.

MILL, s. A snuff-box, properly of a cylindrical form. S.

Isl. mel-ia, contundere; the box being formerly used in the country as a mill for grinding the dried tobacco leaves.

MILLER'S THUMB, s The river Bullhead, S.
Sibbald.

MILLOIN, MILLAIN, adj. Belonging to mail.
Sir Egeir.

Teut. maelien; or perhaps made in Milan.

MILL-LADE, s.
V. Lade.

MILL-LICHENS, s. The entry into the place where the inner mill-wheel goes, S. B.
V. Lychtnis.

Perh. q. the lungs or lights of a mill.

MILL-RING, s. The dust of a mill, S. B.

MILL-STEW, s. The same, S.

Teut. molen-stof, pollen.

MILNARE, s. A miller.
Wyntown.

Sw. moelnare, id.

To MILT, v. a.
V. Melt, v.

MIM, adj.
1. Prudish, S.
Ramsay.
2. Prim, demure.
Ross.
3. Affecting great moderation in eating or drinking, S.
Ramsay.

This seems originally the same with E. mum, used as an adj., mute.

MIN, MYN, adj. Less.
Kennedy.

Su. G. minne, Alem. min, id.

To MIND, v. n.
1. To remember, S.
Wodrow.

A. S. ge-mynd-gan, Dan. mind-er, meminisse.

2. To design, to intend, S.
Knox.

To Mind, v. a. To recollect, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

Mind, s. Recollection, S.
To keep mind, S. to keep in mind, E.
Burns.

A. S. ge-mynd, Dan. minde, memoria.

Myndles, adj.
1. Forgetful.
Douglas.
2. Causing forgetfulness.
Douglas.
3. Acting like one in a delirium.
Doug.

To MYNDE, v. a. To undermine.
Doug.

To MYNG, MYNGE, v. a. To mix.
Henrysone.

A. S. meng-an, Su. G. meng-a, id.

To MINNE, v. a. To contribute.
Sir Tristrem.

Isl. mynd-a, procurare; mund, dos.

MINNIE, MINNY, s. Mother; a fondling term, S.
Clerk.

Belg. minnie, a nurse; minne, love, minn-en, to love; Isl. manna, matercula.

Minnie's Mouthes, s. Those who must be wheedled into any measure by kindness; q. by a mother's fondling.
Calderwood.

To MYNNIS, v. n. To grow less.
Doug.

Su. G. minsk-a, id. from min, less.

To MINT, MYNT, v. n.
1. To aim, to take aim.
Douglas.
2. To attempt, S.
Gawan and Gal.
To mint at, to aim at, S.
Ramsay.
To mint to, the same.
Baillie.

A. S. ge-mynt-an, disponere, Alem. meint-a, intendere.

Mint, Mynt, s.
1. An aim.
Douglas.
2. An attempt, S.
Ramsay.

Alem. meinta, intentio.

To MIRD, v. n. To meddle, S. B.
Ross.

C. B. ymyryd, to intermeddle.

MIRE-BUMPER, s. The bittern, S.

Mire, and Isl. bomp-a, to strike against.

MYRIT, pret. Stupified.
Douglas.

MIRK, MYRK, MERK, adj. Dark, S. A. mark, S. B.
Wyntown.

Isl. myrk, Su. G. moerk, id.

Mirk, Mirke, s. Darkness, S.
Lyndsay.

A. S. myrce, Isl. myrkur, id.

To Mirken, Mirkyn, v. n. To grow dark. Sw. moerkna, id.
Douglas.

Mirklins, adv. In the dark, S. B.

Mirkness, s.
1. Darkness.
Barbour.
2. Mental darkness.
N. Burne.

MYRKEST, adj. Most rotten.
Wallace.

Isl. morkinn, Su. G. murken, rotten.

MIKKY, adj. Smiling, merry, S. B.
Shirrefs.

A. S. myrig, merry; or myrg, pleasure.

MIRKLES, v. pl. The radical leaves of Fucus esculentus, eaten in Orkney.

MIRL, s. A crumb, S. B.
V. Murle.

MIRLES, s. pl. The measles, Aberd.

Fr. morbilles, id.

MIRLYGOES, MERLIGOES, s. pl. One's eyes are said to be in the mirlygoes, when one sees objects indistinctly, S.
Ferguson.

Perhaps q. merrily go, because objects seem to dance before the eyes.

MIRROT, s. A carrot, S. B.

Su. G. morrot, id.

MYRTRE, adj. Belonging to myrtle.
Douglas.

MYS, MYSS, MISS, s.
1. A fault, S. B.
Wallace.
2. Evil, in a physical sense.
Sir Gawan.

Goth. missa, defectus, error.

MISBEHADDEN, part. pa. Unbecoming or indiscreet, applied to language, S.

A. S. mis, and behalden wary.

To MISCALL, MISCA', v. a. To call names to, S.
Rutherford.

MYSCHANCY, adj.
1. Unlucky, S.
Douglas.
2. Causing unhappiness.
Douglas.

MISCHANT, MESCHANT, adj.
1. Wicked.
Bellenden.
2. False.

Fr. meschant, id.

Lindsay.

Mischant, Mishant, s. A worthless person.
Polwart.

Mischantlie, Meschantlie, adv. Wickedly.
Bp. Forbes.

Mischantnesse, s. Wickedness.
Godscroft.

Mischant Youther, a very bad smell, S.

Fr. meschant odeur, id.

V. Prat.

MYSEL, adj. Leprous.
V. Mesall.

MYSELL, v. Myself, S. corr.
Wallace.

Myselwyn, s. Myself.
Barbour.

From me and sylfne, accus. of sylfe, ipse.

To MYSFALL, v. n. To miscarry.
Barbour.

To MISFAYR, Misfare, v. n. To miscarry.
Douglas.

Misfarin, S. B. ill-grown; A. S. mis-far-an, male invenire, perire.

Mysfar, s. Mischance.
Wallace.

MISGAR, s. A kind of trench in sandy ground, from the action of the wind. Orkn. Norw. mis denoting defect, and giaer form.

To MISGRUGLE, v. a. To rumple; to handle roughly, S.
Journ. Lond.
2. To disfigure, to deform, S. B.

Belg. kreukel-en, to crumple.

To MISGULLY, v. a. To cut clumsily, to mangle, Fife; q. to use the gully amiss.

MISHANTER, s. Misfortune, S.
Ross.

Fr. misaventure, O. E. mysauntre.

MISHAPPENS, s. Unfortunateness.
Baillie.

MISHARRIT, part. pa. Unhinged.
Palice of Honour.

A. S. mis, and hearro, a hinge.

To MISKEN, v. a.
1. Not to know, S.
Douglas.
2. To overlook, to neglect.
Compl. S.
3. To seem to be ignorant of, S.
Baillie.
4. To forbear, not to meddle with.
5. To refuse to acknowledge.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
6. To misken one's self, to forget one's proper station, S.

To MYSKNAW, v. a. To be ignorant of.
Crosraguel.

MISLEARD, adj.
1. Unmannerly, S.
Ferguson.
2. Mischievous, S.
Burns.

Mis and lear'd, i. e. learned.

To MISLIPPEN, v. a. To disappoint, S.

To MISLUCK, v. n. To miscarry.

Belg. misluck-en, id.

Misluck, s. Misfortune, S.
Ramsay.

MISLUSHIOUS, adj. Rough, unguarded.
Ramsay.

To MISMAGGLE, v. a. To spoil, to disorder, S. B.
V. Magil.
Journ. Lond.

MISMAIGHT, part. pa. Put out of sorts, mismatched, S. from mis and maik, q. v.
Gl. Sibb.

To MISMARROW, v. a. To mismatch.
V. Marrow, v.

MISNURTURED, adj. Ill-bred.
Rutherford.

Misnourtournesse, s. Ill-breeding.
Rollocke.

To MISPORTION one's self, v. a. To eat to excess, S. B.

To MISSAYE, v. a. To rail at.
Baron Courts.

Teut. mis-seggh-en, malÈ loqui alicui.

MYSSEL, s. A vail.
V. Mussal, v.

MISSETTAND, part. pr. Unbecoming.
Pal. Hon.

Teut. mis-sett-en, male disponere.

MISSILRY, s. Perh. leprosy.
V. Mesall.
Roull.

MISSLIE, adj. Solitary.
V. Mistlie.
Gl. Sibb.

To MISSWEAR, v. n. To swear falsely, S.

MISTER, MYSTER, s. Craft, art.

O. Fr. mestier, id.

Barbour.

MISTER, MYSTER, s.
1. Necessity, S. B.
Barbour.
2. Want of food, S. B.
Ross.
3. Any thing necessary.
Douglas.

Su. G. mist-a, Dan. mist-er, to want.

To Mister, v. a. To need, to be in want of.
Wallace.
Mister'd, reduced to difficulties, S. B.

To Mister, Mystre, v. n.
1. To be necessary.
Barbour.
2. To be in straits.
Balfour.

Mystir, adj. Necessary.
Barbour.

Mistirful, adj. Necessitous.
Douglas.

Mistry, s. Strait.
Barbour.

MISTLIE, adj.
1. Dull, solitary, from the absence of some object to which one is attached. Loth. Roxb.; also misslie.
Gl. Sibb.
2. Bewildered on a road, Roxb.
3. Dreary, ibid. Eerie synon.

From Su. G. mist-a, to want, and lik expressing state or resemblance: or Teut. misselick, incertus in quo errare potest. This closely corresponds with sense 2.

To MISTRAIST, v. n. To mistrust.
V. Traist.
Wallace.

To MISTRYST, v. a. To break an engagement with, S.
V. Tryst.
Gl. Sibb.

To MISTROW, v. a.
1. To suspect, to mistrust.
Barbour.
2. To disbelieve.
Wyntown.

Isl. misstru-a, Belg. mistrouw-en, id.

Mistrowing, s. Distrust.

Belg. mistrowen, id.

Barbour.

To MYTH, v. a. To measure.
Douglas.

A. S. met-an, metiri.

To MYTH, MYITH, v. a.
1. To mark.

Isl. mid-a, locum signo.

Wallace.
2. To shew.
Gawan and Gol.

Myth, s. A mark.
V. Meith.

MITH, MEITH, aux. v. Might, S. B.

Su. G. matha, id.

Shirrefs.

MYTING, s.
1. A term used to express smallness of size.
Evergreen.

Teut. myte, mydte, acarus, a mite.

2. A fondling designation for a child, pron. q. mitten, Ang.

MITTALE, MITTAINE, s. A kind of hawk.
Acts Ja. II.

MITTENS, s. pl.
1. Woollen gloves.

Fr. mitaine.

Sir J. Sinclair.
2. To lay up one's mittens, to beat out one's brains, Aberd.
Journal Lond.

To MITTLE, v. a. To hurt or wound, S.

Fr. mutil-er, Lat. mutil-are, id.

MIXT, part. pa.
1. Disordered; applied to one in some degree ailing, Banffs.
2. Denoting partial intoxication, S.

MIXTIE-MAXTIE, MIXIE-MAXIE, adv. In a state of confusion, S.

Su. G. miskmask, id.

Burns.

MIZZLED, adj. Having different colours, S.

A. S. mistl, varius, Isl. mislitt, variegatus.

MOBIL, MOBLE, s. Moveable goods, S.

Fr. meubles, id.

Douglas.

MOCH, MOCHY, adj.
1. Moist.
Palice Honour.
2. Close, misty, S.

Isl. mokk-r, condensatio nubium; mugga, aer succidus et nubilo humidus.

MOCH, s. A heap.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. mucg, acervus.

To MOCHRE, MOKRE, v. n.
1. To heap up, to hoard.
Priests Peblis.

Ital. mucchiare; Isl. mock-a, id. coacervare.

2. To be busy about trifling matters or mean work, S. B. pron. mochre.
3. To work in the dark, S. B.

MOCHT, aux. v. Might.
Wallace.

Alem. moht-a, from mog-en, posse.

MODE, MWDE, s.
1. Courage.

A. S. Sw. mod, id.

Wyntown.
2. Indignation.
Sir Tristrem.

Su. G. Isl. mod, ira, A. S. mod-ian, irasci.

Mody, Mudy, adj.
1. Bold.
Barbour.

Sw. modig, bold, daring.

2. Pensive, melancholy.
Douglas.

To MODERATE, v. n.
1. To preside in an ecclesiastical court, S.
Acts Assembly.
2. To preside in a congregation, at the election of a Pastor, S.
Pardovan.

Moderator, s.
1. He who presides in an ecclesiastical court, S.
Acts Assembly.
2. The minister who presides at the election of a Pastor, S.
Pardovan.

Moderation, s. The act of presiding in an election, S.

MODYR, MODER, s. Mother.
Wallace.

A. S. Isl. &c. moder, Belg. moeder.

Modyr-nakyd, adj. Stark naked, S. mother-naked.
Ramsay.

Teut. moeder-naeckt, id.

MODYWART, MODEWART, s. A mole, S.
Douglas.

A. S. mold, terra, and wrot-an, versare rostro.

MOGGANS, s. pl.
1. Long sleeves for a woman's arms, S. B.
Ross.

Teut. mouwken, parva manica.

2. Hose without feet, Aberd. Hairy moggans, Fife.
Journal Lond.

Gael. mogan, boot-hose.

MOGH, s. A moth, Ang

O. E. mough.

MOY, MOYE, adj.
1. Gentle, mild.
Dunbar.
2. Affecting great moderation in eating or drinking; mim, synon.
Kelly.

Gael. modh, modest; Dan. moe, a virgin.

Moylie, adv. Mildly.
Montgomerie.

MOYAN, s. A species of artillery, of a middle size.
Pitscottie.

Fr. moyen, moderate.

MOYEN, MOYAN, s.
1. Means for attaining any end.
R. Bruce.
2. Interest, S.
Calderwood.
3. Means of subsistence.
Spotswood.
Be the moyan of, by means of.
R. Bruce.
4. Temporal substance, property.

Fr. moyen, a means.

Acts Ja. VI.

To Moyen, Moyan, v. a.
1. To accomplish by the use of means.
R. Bruce.
2. To procure; implying diligence, S.
A weil-moyent man, one who has good means for procuring any thing, S. B.

Fr. moyenn-er, to procure.

Moyener, Moyaner, s. One who employs his interest for another.
R. Bruce.

O. Fr. moyennere, mediateur.

Moeynles, adj. Destitute of interest.
Hume.

To MOIF, v. a. To move.
Douglas.

MOYT, adj. Many.
King's Quair.

O. Fr. moult, mout, much, Lat. multum.

To MOKRE, v. a. To hoard.
V. Mochre.

MOLD, s. The ground.
V. Mulde.

MOLE, s. Promontory.
V. Mull.
Barbour.

MOLLACHON, s. A small cheese, Stirlings.

Gael. mulachan, a cheese.

MOLLAT, MOLLET, s.
1. The bit of a bridle.
Dunbar.
2. The ornament of a bridle.
Douglas.

Mollet-brydyl, s. A bridle having a curb.
Bellenden.

Teut. muyl, the mouth; Isl. mull, Su. G. myl, a bridle, a curb.

To MOLLET, v. n. Perhaps, to curb.
V. Mollat.
Lyndsay.

MOLLIGRANT, s. Whining, complaining, Ang. Molligrunt, Loth.

Isl. mogl-a, murmur, and graun, os et nasus.

MOLLIGRUB, MULLYGRUB, s. The same with molligrant, S.
Ramsay.

Mulligrub is an E. word used in a similar sense in cant language.

MOMENT-HAND, s. The hand of a clock or watch which marks the seconds, S.

MON, MONE, MUN, MAUN, aux. v. Must.

Isl. mun, id.

Douglas.

To MONE, v. a. To take notice of.
Barbour.

A. S. mon-ian, animadvertere.

MONE, s. Mane.

Isl. moen, id.

Palice Honour.

MONE, s. The moon; meen, Aberd.

A. S. mona, Germ. mon, id.

Barbour.

Moneth, s. A month, still the pronunciation of some old people, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. monath, id., from mona, the moon.

MONESTING, s. Admonition.
V. Monyss.
Barbour.

MONY, adj.
1. Many, S.
Bellenden.
2. Great, Border.
Complaynt S.

A. S. moneg, Sw. monga, many.

MONYCORDIS, s. pl. A musical instrument.
Houlate.

Gr. ??????d??, unica intentus chorda.

MONIPLIES, MONNYPLIES, s. pl. That part of the tripe of a beast which consists of many folds, S.; the omasum.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

S. mony many, and ply a fold.

To MONYSS, v. a. To warn, to admonish.

Fr. admonest-er, id.

Barbour.

MONONDAY, MUNANDAY. s. Monday, S.
Fordun.

A. S. Monan daeg, id. the day consecrated to the Moon.

MONTEYLE, s. A mount.
Barbour.

Ital. monticell-o, L. B. monticell-us, colis.

MONTH, MOUNTH, s.
1. A mountain.
Complaynt S.
2. The Grampian mountains towards their eastern extremity.
To gang oure the Month, to cross the Grampians, S. B.
Barbour.

A. S. monte, munt, a mountain.

MONTUR, s. Expl. saddle-horse.

Fr. monture, id.

Sir Gawan.

To MOOL, v. a. To crumble.
V. Mule.

Mools, s.
V. Muldis.

To MOOP, v. n.
V. Moup.

MOOR-FOWL, s. Red game, moor-cock, S.
Sibbald.

MOOR-GRASS, s. Potentilla anserina, S.
Lightfoot.

MOOSE, s.
V. Mouse.

MOOSEWEB, MOUSEWEB, s.
1. The gossamer, S.
2. Improperly, a spider's web.
3. Metaph. phlegm in the throat or stomach, S.
Ferguson.

Fr. mousse, moss; Teut. mos, moisture.

To MOOTER.
V. Mout awa'.

MOOTH, adj. Misty, foggy, S. B.

Belg. mottig, id. mottig weer, drizzling weather.

MORADEN, s. Homage.
V. Manrent.

MORE, MOR, adj. Great.
Wyntown.

MORE, s. A heath.
V. Mure.

MORGEOUN, s.
V. Murgeoun.

MORIANE, adj. Swarthy, resembling a Moor.
Diallog.

Fr. morien, id. from Lat. Mauritanus.

MORMAIR, s. An ancient title of honour in S. equivalent to Earl; from Gael. mor, great, and Mair, q. v.

MORN, MORNE, s. Morrow; to morne, to-morrow; S. the morne, id.
Douglas.

A. S. morghen, morgen; Isl. morgun, morrow.

MORNING-GIFT, s. The gift conferred by a husband on his wife, on the morning after marriage.
Acts Ja. VI.

A. S. morgen-gife, Germ. morgan-geba, Teut. morghen-gave, id.

MOROWING, MOROWNING, s. Morning.
Dunbar.

Moes. G. maurgins, A. S. Isl. morgen, id.

MORT, a mort, Died, or dead.
Bannatyne Poems.

Fr. meurt, 3. p. s. ind. improperly used.

Mort, adj. Fatal; a mort cold, i. e. a deadly cold.
Ruddiman.

Mort-cloth, s. The pall carried over the corpse at a funeral, S.
Stat. Acc.

Mortfundyit, part. pa. Cold as death.
V. Mort and Fundy.

Mortmumlingis, s. pl. Prayers muttered or mumbled for the dead.
Bannatyne P.

MORTAR, s.
1. Coarse clay of a reddish colour, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. This clay as prepared for building, S.

MORTAR-STONE, s. A stone hollowed out, formerly used as a mortar, for preparing barley by separating it from the husks, S.
Pinkerton.

MORTERSHEEN, s. A fatal species of glanders; q. mort aux chien, a carcase for dogs.
Spalding.

To MORTIFY, v. a. To give in mortmain, S.
Erskine.

L. B. mortificare terras, id.

Mortification, s.
1. The act of giving in mortmain, S.
Erskine.
2. Lands or money thus disponed, S.
Stat. Acc.

MORTYM, MORTON, s. Supposed to be the common martin; mertym, South of S.
Acts Ja. VI.

MORUNGEOUS, adj. In very bad humour; morungeous cankert, very ill-humoured, S. B.

MOSINE, s. The touchhole of a piece of ordnance; metaph. S. motion-hole.
Z. Boyd.

MOSS, s.
1. A marshy place, S.
Barbour.
2. A place where peats may be digged, S.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. mose, mossa, id., locus uliginosus.

Moss-bummer, s. The Bittern, S. A., from its booming sound.

Moss-cheeper, s.
1. The Marsh Titmouse.
Sibbald.
2. The Tit-lark, S.
Fleming.

Moss-corns, s. pl. Silverweed, S.; also Moss-crops, and Moor-grass.Moss-crops, s. pl. Cotton-rush, and Hare's-tailed Rush, S.
Lightfoot.

Moss-troopers, s. Banditti who inhabited the marshy country of Liddisdale, and subsisted chiefly by rapine.
Lay Last Minstrel.

MOSSFAW, s. A ruinous building, Fife.

MOT, v. aux. May.
V. Mat.

MOTE, s.
1. A little hill, or barrow.
Bellenden.

A. S. mot, Isl. mote, conventus hominum, applied to a little hill, because anciently conventions were held on eminences. Hence our Mote-hill of Scone.

2. Sometimes improperly used for a high hill.
Bellenden.
3. A rising ground, a knoll, S. B.
Ross.

To MOTE, v. a.
1. To pick motes out of any thing, S.
2. To mote one's self, to louse, S.
3. To use means for discovering imperfections, S.
Douglas.

MOTH, adj. Warm, sultry, Loth.

MOTHER, s. The mother on beer, &c., the lees working up, S.

Germ. moder, id.

MOTHER-NAKED.
V. Modyr-nakyd.

MOTHER-WIT, s. Common sense, discretion, S.
Ferguson.

MOTTIE, adj. Full of motes.
Ross.

MOVIR, MOUIR, MURE, adj. Mild, gentle.
Wyntown.

Belg. morwe, murw, Su. G. moer, mollis.

Movirly, adv. Mildly.
Wyntown.

MOULY HEELS.
V. Mules.

To MOULIGH, v. n. To whimper, to whine, Ayrs.

Isl. mogl-a, to murmur.

MOUNTAIN DULSE, mountain laver, S.

MOUNTH, s. A mountain.
V. Month.

To MOUP, MOOP, v. a.
1. To nibble, to mump, S.
Douglas.
2. To impair by degrees.
Ramsay.

Most probably corrupted from E. mump.

MOUSE, s. The bulb of flesh on the extremity of the shank of mutton, S. pron. moose.

Teut. muys, carnosa pars in corpore.

MOUSE-WEB, s.
V. Moose-web.

To MOUT, v. n. To moult, S.
Acts Ja. II.

Teut. muyt-en, plumas amittere.

To Mout awa' (pron. moot) v. a. To take away piecemeal, S.

Moutit, part. pa. Diminished, scanty, bare.
Palice Honour.

To MOUTER, v. a. To take multure for grinding corn, S.
Ramsay.

To MOUTER, (pron. mooter) v. a. The same with mout awa', S.

MOUTON, s. A French gold coin brought into S. in the reign of David II., having the impression of the Agnus Dei, which the vulgar mistook for a sheep; hence called mouton.
L. Hailes.

MOW, MOUE, s. A heap, S.
Barbour.

A. S. mowe, acervus.

MOW, (pron. moo) s.
1. The mouth, S.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. moue; Su. G. mun, Teut. muyl, id.

2. A distorted mouth.
Roull.
3. Used in pl. in the sense of jest. Nae mows, no jest, S.
Chr. Kirk.

To Mow, v. n. To speak in mockery.
Lyndsay.

Mowar, s. A mocker.
Palice Honour.

To Mow-band, v. a. To mention, to articulate, S.
Ross.

Teut. muyl-band-en, fiscellam ori appendere.

Mow-bit, s. A morsel, S.
Ferguson.

Mow-frachty, adj. Palatable, S. B.

From mow, the mouth, and fraucht, perh. a lading.

MOWCH, s. A spy, an eave-dropper.

Fr. mousche, mouche, id.

Lyndsay.

MOWE, s. Dust, S.
peat-mowe, peat-dust.
Ruddiman.

MOWE, s. A motion.
Douglas.

MOWENCE, s. Motion, or perhaps dependance.

Fr. mouvance, id.

Barbour.

MOWSTER, s. Muster.
Bellenden.

MOZY, adj. Dark in complexion, S.

Isl. mos-a, musco tingere.

To MUCK, v. a. To carry out dung, S.

Su. G. mock-a, stabula purgare.

Muck-fail, s. The sward mixed with dung, used for manure, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

Muck-midden.
V. Midden.

MUCKLE, adj. Great.
V. Mekil.

MUD, s. A small nail, used in the heels of shoes, Loth.

Isl. mot, commissura, a joining close.

To MUDDLE, v. a. To overthrow easily and expeditiously.
Chr. Kirk.

Perh. a dimin. from Teut. maed-en, Isl. maed-a, secare, desecare; q. to mow down.

To MUDDLE, v. n. To be busy at work, properly of a trivial kind, while making little progress, S.

Teut. moddel-en, lutum movere, fodicare.

To MUDGE, v. n. To stir, to budge, S.

Mudge, s. The act of stirring, S.

O. Fr. muete, Lat. motus, C. B. mud, a motion.

MUDYEON, s. A motion of the countenance, denoting discontent, scorn, &c. mudgeon, Renfr.
Montgomerie.

Isl. modg-a, irritare.

To MUE, or MOO, v. n. To low as a cow, S.

Germ. mu, vox vaccae naturalis; muh-en, mugire.

MUFFITIES, s. pl. Mittens, either of leather or of knitted worsted, worn by old men, Ang. Orkn.

Isl. muffa, Dan. moffe, chirotheca pellita, hyberna.

MUFFLES, s. pl. Mittens, S.

Fr. mouffle.

MUGGS, s. pl. A particular breed of sheep, S.
Statist. Acc.

MUIR, s. A heath, &c.
V. Mure.

Muir-burn.
V. Mure-burn.

Muir-ill, s. A disease to which black cattle are subject, S.
Statist. Acc.

MUIS, s. pl.
1. Bushels.
Complaynt S.

O. Fr. mui, a bushel; Lat. mod-ius.

2. Heaps, parcels.
Gl. Sibb.

MUIST, MUST, s. Musk, Border.

Corr. from Fr. musque, id.

Douglas.

MUKERAR, s. A miser.
V. Mochre.
Douglas.

MULDES, MOOLS, s.
1. Pulverised earth, in general, S.
2. The earth of the grave, S.
Ramsay.
3. The dust of the dead.
Douglas.

Moes. G. mulda, Su. G. mull, A. S. mold, dust, mol-a, comminuere.

Mulde-mete, s.
1. A funeral banquet.
Douglas.
2. The last food eaten before death.
To give one his muld meat, to kill him, S.
Ruddiman.

MULDRIE, s. Moulded work.
Palice Honour.

To MULE, MOOL, v. a.
1. To crumble, S.

Isl. mol-a, id.

2. To mule in, to crumble bread into a vessel, for being soaked, S.
Ramsay.
3. To mule in with, to have intimacy with, q. to eat out of the same dish, S.
Ross.

Mulin, Mulock, s. A crum, S.

Teut. moclie, offa; C. B. mwlwg, refuse.

MULES, s. pl. Kibes, chilblains, S.

Fr. mules, id.

MULIS, s. pl. A term of contempt.
Montgomerie.

MULL, MAOIL, s. A promontory, S.
Barry.

Isl. muli, frons montis, promontorium; Gael. maol, id.

MULL, s. A virgin.
Kennedy.

A. S. meoule, id. Moes. G. mawilo, a damsel.

MULL, s. A mule.
Knox.

To MULLER, v. a. To crumble, S.
V. Mule.

MULLIS, MOOLS, s. pl. Slippers, without quarters, anciently worn by persons of rank.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. mules, Ital. mulo, Teut. muyl, sandalium.

MULTIPLÉ, MULTIPLIE, s. Number, quantity.
Wallace.

Fr. multiplie, manifold.

MULTURE, MOUTER, s. The fee for grinding grain, S.
Douglas.

Fr. mouture, L. B. molitura.

Multurer, s. The tacksman of a mill, S.

MUM, s. A mutter, S. B.

Teut. momm-en, larvam agere.

MUM CHAIRTIS, s. pl. Cards with figures: or for mumchancis; mumchance, being an old game at cards.
Maitland Poems.

MUMMING, s. Perh. muttering.
Burel.

To MUMP, v. n. To hint, to aim at, S.
Shirrefs.

MUMM'D, part. pa. Tingling from cold, Loth.; apparently corr. from E. numb, torpid.

Mumt-like, adj. Having the appearance of stupor, Loth.

MUN, v. aux. Must.
V. Mon.

Mundie, s. Perhaps, prating fool.

Teut. mondigh, loquacious.

Philotus.

MUNDS, s. The mouth. Loth.

Germ. mund, id.

MUNKS, s. A halter for a horse, Fife.

Isl. mundvik, canthus oris; Gael. muince, a collar.

MUNN, s. A short-hafted spoon, Galloway.
Stat. Acc.

Perhaps from Isl. munn, the mouth.

MUNSIE, s. A designation expressive of contempt or ridicule, S. perh. a corr. of Fr. monsieur, vulgarly pron. monsie.

MUR, adj.
V. Movir.

MURALYEIS, s. pl. Walls.
Douglas.

Fr. muraille, a wall.

To MURDRES, MURTHREYS, v. a. To murder.
Bellend.

Moes. G. maurthr-jan, id.

Murdresar, s.
1. A Murderer.
Bellend.
2. A large cannon.
Compl. S.

Fr. meurtriere, id.

MURE, MUIR, MOR, anc. MORE, s. A heath, a flat covered with heath, S.
Barbour.

A. S. mor, ericetum, heath-ground, Isl. mÒr, id.

Mure-burn, s.
1. The burning of heath, S.
Acts Ja. IV.
2. Metaph. strife, contention, S.

Mureland, Moorland, adj. Of or belonging to heathy ground.
Ramsay.

To MURGEON, v. a.
1. To mock, by making mouths.
Chr. Kirk.

Fr. morguer, to make a sour face.

2. To murmur, to grumble, S.

Murgeon, Morgeoun, s.
1. A murmur, S.
Ramsay.
2. Muttering, in reference to the Mass.
R. Bruce.

To MURGULLIE.
V. Margulyie.

MURYT, pret. Walled.
Barbour.

Fr. mur-er, to wall.

MURLAN, s. A round narrow-mouthed basket, S. B.
V. Murling.
Pop. Ball.

To MURLE, v. a. To moulder.

C. B. mwrl, crumbling.

Priests Peblis.

Murlie, s.
1. Any small object, Ang.
2. A fondling term for an infant, also murlie-fikes, Ang.

MURLING, MORTHLING, MURT, s. The skin of a young lamb, or of a sheep soon after it has been shorn.
Gl. Sibb.

This is merely E. morling, mortling.

MURLOCH, s. The young piked dogfish.
Statist. Acc.

MURMLED, MURBLED, adj. Having sore or tender feet, so as to go lame, Loth. S. A.

O. E. mormall, a sore, or swelling on the feet, or elsewhere.

To MURR, v. n.. To purr as a cat, a term applied to infants. S. B.

Isl. murr-a, Teut. murr-en, murmurare.

Murling, s. A soft murmur, Ang.

Su. G. morl-a, mussitare.

MUMRELL, s. Murmuring.
Lyndsay.

Teut. murmul-en, submurmurare.

MURRIOW, MURRIOWN, MURREON, s. A helmet.
Knox.

Fr. morion, morrion, id.

MURTH, MORTH, s. Murder.

Su. G. mord, id.

Gl. Sibb.

To MUSALL, MISSEL, v. a. To veil.

Su. G. musla, occultare.

Acts Ja. II.

Mussal, Myssal, Mussaling, s. A veil.
Philotus.

MUSARDRY, s. Musing, dreaming.

Fr. musardie, id. musard.

Douglas.

MUSH, s. One who goes between a lover and his mistress, Fife.

Fr. mousche, a fly; metaph. an eave-dropper, a promoter.

V. Mowch.

MUSHINFOW, adj. Cruel, W. Loth. apparently q. mischantfou.

MUSKANE, MUSCANE, adj.
1. Mossy. Teut. mosch-en, mucere.
Pal. Hon.
2. Putrid, rotten.
Bellenden.

MUSLIN-KAIL, s. Broth made of water, barley, and greens, S. q. meslin-kail.
V. Maschlin.
Burns.

MUSSLING, adj. Uncertain.
Z. Boyd.

MUST, s. Mouldiness.
Henrysone.

Teut. mos, mosse, mucor.

MUST, s. Musk.
V. Muist.

MUST, s. Hair-powder, or flour used for this purpose, S.; perhaps as anciently scented with musk, S. must.

MUSTARDE-STONE, s. A stone used for bruising mustard seed, S.
Dunbar.

To MUSTUR, v. n. To make a great parade; q. To shew one's self.
Douglas.

To MUT, v. n. To meet.
Wallace.

Moes. G. mot-jan, Su. G. moet-a, id.

MUTCH, s. A head-dress for a female, S.
Ramsay.

Teut. mutse, Su. G. myssa, id.

MUTCHKIN, s. A measure equal to an English pint, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Belg. mutsie, denotes a quart.

MUTE, s.
1. Meeting.
Wallace.
2. A parliament, an assembly.
Kennedy.

To MUTE, v. n.
1. To plead; an old law term.
Baron Courts.
2. To treat of.
Barbour.

A. S. mot-ian, tractare, discutere.

Mute, Mote, s.
1. A plea.
Reg. Maj.
2. A quarrel.
Rutherford.

To MUTE, v. n.
1. To articulate.
Lyndsay.
2. To mention what ought to be kept secret, S.
Godscroft.
3. To complain, S.
Wallace.

Lat. mut-ire, to mutter.

Used also as a v. a.
Kennedy.

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