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MAITH
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MAOLACHADII
Maith, maech or màè, provincial formath ;
also gen. of math, good, well ; v. forgive.
Maithean, mae'.un, n. p. magistrates, al-
dermen, nobles ; thainig maithre is
maithean bhaile-chliabh mach 'na coinn-
eamh, the Lord Mayor and magiitrates
of Dublin came out to meet them ; maith-
ean na Feinne, the nobles or chiefs of the
Fingatians.
Maitheas, mae'-us, (from maith, gen.)
mercy, goodness, bounty of God.
Mal, mal, n. m. rent, tribute.
Mal-ios, mal'es, n. f. portmanteau.
Mala, màl'-à, n.f. bag of a pipe; budget;
da mhàla, two bags. Bible.
Mala, mall'-a, n.f. eye-brow.
M AL ACH, mal'-ach, adj. having large brows ;
surly, sulky, forbidding.
Maladair, màl'-ad-àr', n. m. a sub-tenant
who pays rent in kind ; renter, tenant.
Malairt, màl'-arjt, n.f. exchange, barter,
space ; v. exchange, barter, traffic, trade.
Malairteach, màl'-arjty"-ach, a. ex-
changeable, mutual, reciprocal ; fit to
exchange.
Malairticii, mal'-àijty'-èch, v. barter.
Malairtear, mar-arjtyS-ar", n.vi. batterer.
Malc, màlk, v. begin to rot or putrify.
Malda, màld'-à, adj. modest, gentle.
Maldachd, màld'-achg, n.f. gentleness,
diffidence.
Mall, mall, adj. slow, tardy, late; bith-
eadh gach duine ealamh chum èisdeachd
■maU chum labhairt, viall chum feirge,
let every man be quick to hear, slow (or
diffident) to speak ; calm ; foasgair 7nall
is na h'eoin a' sèinn, a calm evening, and
the birds warbling. (Smith's Poems.)
Mallachadh, mall'-ach-i, p<. cursing; it
is written moUachadh— always pronoun-
ced so.
Mallachd, mall'-achg, n. f. malediction.
Mallaich, mall'-ech, v. curse, imprecate.
Mam, mam, n. m. an extensive moor, gen.
tly rising and not pointed ; a palm full of
meal, &c. a bile in the arm-pit, or palm
of the hand ; mother.
Mamaidh, mam'-e, ruf. mamma.
Mam-sic, mara'-shechg2, n. m. rupture,
hernia.
M'an, man, (for ma an,) m'an d'fhuair e
bas, before he died.
Manach, see Mann, Mannach, monk.
Manadh, man'-A, n. m. omen, sign, appa-
rition, enchantment ; choinnic e manadA,
he saw an apparition; tha e a' cuir air
mhanadh dhomh, he prophesies to me.
Manas, man'-us, n. m. a farm in the natu-
ral possession of a proprietor. II. S.
Mandrag, mand'-rag, n.f. mandrake. B.
Mang, mang, n.f. a fawn, deer.
Mannd, mauud, n m. a lisp, stammer.
Manndach, mannd'-ach, a. lisping.
Manran, mànr'-an, tu m.dandering, huni-
ming a tune to banish vexation.
Manrain, manr'-àèn, v. dander; manrain
thusa air t' aghaidh, dander you for-
ward.
Maodal, mSod'.ul, n.f. paunch, maw.
Maodalach, maod'-al-ach, a. having a
large belly, clumsy ; a clumsy corpulent
female in contempt, (in some parts a ser-
vant girl.)
Maoidh, mòèyh', v. n. threaten, cast up
favours bestowed, upbraid ; tha e maoidh-
eadh orm, he threatens me ; tha e maoidh-
eadh gu 'n do rinn e siod is so dhomh,
he casts up that he did this and that for
me.
MAOiDHEADH.màoèyh'.X, n m.pt. a threat,
upbraiding ; casting up favours bestow-
ed, reproaching ; ma tha aon neach ag-
aibh a dh' uirbheasbhuidh gliocais, iarr-
adh e o Dhia, a bheir do gach neach gu
pailt agus nach maoidh, if any of you
lack wisdom let him ask of God, who
giveth all men liberally and npbraideth
not. Apostle James.
Maoidhea.n, mue'-an, n. supplication. B.
Maoidhseig, mòsh'-ag, n. f. fastidious-
ness.
Maoile, màoil'-à, n. f. baldness; an aite
fuilt bitheadh maoile, instead of hair,
baldness. B.
Maoilead, màoèl'-ud, n.f. degree of bald-
ness.
Maoim, maoera, n. f. panic, wild expres-
sion of countenance; biodh 7naoim air
do naimhdean, let your enemies be in a
panic ; a burst, expressions of fear ; v.
horrify, terrify.
Maoim-sleibhe, maOèm-slyàv'. a, n. f. a
water-spout or plump of rain all of a
sudden.
Maoin, maoèn, n. m. a hoard, hoarded
wealth ; wealth worshipped; goods,Cat.R.
Maoirne, màoèrny"à, n. m. a little one, as
potatoes ; in North, a bait.
Maoirnean, maoern"-aii, n. m. little po-
tato.
Maois, mush, n. m. Moses; hamper, a
heap of sea weed on the shore. North ; in
Argyle, five hundred fresh herrings in
time of fishing.
Maoiseach, maosh'-ach, Taroeordoe,
Maoisleach, màosh'-Uyach,i a she deer.
Maol, maol, n./. Mull, or chief headland,
or cape of land ; Maol-ehintire, Maol na
h-ò, the Mull ofKyntire, Mull of Kin-
nouth; a head polled, or cropped; cow
without horns;— a holy man's servant.
Obs. V. blunt.
Maolaciiadh, maol'-ach-X, pt. blunting;
laying down the ears as a horse.