Mace. s. pl. Acorns.

Madam. s. Applied to the most respectable classes of society: as, Madam Greenwood, Madam Saunders, &c.

Mallard. s. A male duck.

To Manche, to Munche. v. a. To chew. Probably from manger, French.

Man'der. s. A corruption of the word, manner, used only in the sense of sort or kind: as, Âll mander o' things; all sorts of things.

To Mang. v. a. To mix.

Mang-hangle. adj. Mixed in a wild and confused manner.

To maw. v. a. To mow.

Maw'kin. s. A cloth, usually wetted and attached to a pole, to sweep clean a baker's oven. See SLOMAKING.

May. s. The blossom of the white thorn.

May-be, MÂ-be. adv. Perhaps; it may be.

May-fool. s. Same as April fool.

May-game, MÂ-game. s. A frolic; a whim.

To Meech. v. n. To play truant; to absent from school without leave.

Meech'er. s. A truant.

To Mell. v. a. To meddle; to touch. I'll neither mell nor make: that is, I will have nothing to do with it. I ont mell o't, I will not touch it.

"Of eche mattir thei wollin mell."

CHAUCER'S Plowman's Tale.

Mesh. s. Moss; a species of lichen which grows plentifully on apple trees.

To Mess, To Messy. v. a. to serve cattle with hay.

Messin. s. The act of serving cattle with hay.

Mid. v. aux. Might, may.

To Miff. v. a. To give a slight offence; to displease.

Miff. s. A slight offence; displeasure.

Mig. s. As sweet as mig is a common simile; I suspect that mig means mead, the liquor made from honey.

Milt. s. The spleen.

Mi'lemas. Michaelmas.

Min. A low word, implying contempt, addressed to the person to whom we speak, instead of Sir. I'll do it, min.

Mine. v. Mind; remember.

Mix'en. s. A dunghill.

Miz'maze. s. Confusion.

Mom'macks. s. pl. Pieces; fragments.

Mom'met, Mom'mick. s. A scarecrow; something dressed up in clothes to personate a human being.

Moor-coot. s. A moor hen.

To Moot. v. a. To root up.

Moot. s. A stump, or root of a tree.

To More. v. n. To root; to become fixed by rooting.

More. s. A root.

Mought. v. aux. Might.

Mouse-snap, s. A mouse trap.

Mug'gets. s. pl. The intestines of a calf or sheep.
Derived, most probably, from maw and guts.

To Mult. v. To melt.

Mus' goo. must go.

'Mus'd. Amused.