LUIK-HARTIT, adj. Warmhearted.
Alem. lauc, flame.
Dunbar.
LUIT, pret. Let.
Pitscottie.
Lute of, reckoned.
R. Bruce.
LUKNYT, part. pa. Locked.
V. Lucken.
LUM, LUMB, s.
1. A chimney, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. Sometimes the chimney-top, S.
C. B. llumon, id.
Brand.
Lum-head, s. A chimney top, S.
Ross.
LUME, s. An utensil.
V. Lome.
LUMMLE, s. The filings of metal, S.
Fr. limaille, id.
LUNCH, s. A large piece of any thing, S.
Sw. luns, massa.
Burns.
LUND, LWND, s. London.
Wallace.
LUNYIE, s. The loin.
Dunbar.
Teut. loenie. id.
Lunyie-bane, s. Hucklebone, Fife.
LUNKIT, adj.
1. Lukewarm, S.
2. Beginning to thicken in boiling, S.
Dan. lunk-en, to make lukewarm.
LUNT, s.
1. A match, as in E.
Hist. Ja. Sext.
2. A column of flaming smoke, S.
Burns.
3. Hot vapour of any kind, S.
Burns.
Teut. lonte, fomes igniarius.
To Lunt, v. n. To emit smoke in columns,
S.
Burns.
Luntus, s. A contemptuous designation for an old woman, probably from the practice of smoking tobacco, S. B.
LURDANE, LURDON, s.
1. A worthless
person.
Wyntown.
2. A fool, a sot.
Baillie.
3. Conjoined with the idea of sloth, S.
4. Improperly, a piece of folly or stupidity.
Godly Sangs.
Fr. lourdin, blockish, from lourd, id. Teut. luyaerd, loerd, ignavus.
Lurdanry, s.
1. Sottishness.
Douglas.
2. Carnal sloth.
Lyndsay.
Fr. lourderie, stupidity.
LURE, s. The udder of a cow; properly, as used for food, S.
LURE, adv. Rather, S.
V. Lever.
Ramsay.
LUSCHBALD, s. A sluggard.
Kennedy.
Isl. losk-r, ignavus, and bald-r, potens.
LUSKING, LEUSKING, part. pr. Absconding.
Gl. Sibb.
Teut. luysch-en, latitare.
LUSOME, adj. Not smooth, S. B.
Su. G. lo, lugg, rough, and sum.
LUSOME, adj. Desirable.
V. Lufsom.
LUSS, s. Dandruff, Pityriasis capitis, S.
LUSTY, adj.
1. Beautiful.
Douglas.
2. Pleasant, delightful.
Douglas.
Teut. lustigh, amoenus, delectabilis.
Lustheid, s. Amiableness.
Gl. Sibb.
Lustynes, s. Beauty.
Dunbar.
LUTE, LEUT, s. A sluggard.
Gl. Sibb.
Teut. loete, homo insulsus; E. lout.
LUTE, pret. Permitted.
V. Luit.
LUTHE. Not understood.
Bannatyne Poems.
LUTHRIE, s. Lechery.
Bannatyne P.
Belg. lodderig, wanton.
LUTTAIRD, adj. Bowed.
Dunbar.
O. Belg. loete, a clown, and aerd, nature.
To LUVE, LUWE, v. a. To love.
V. Luf.
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.