Part 34
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.