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GLOSSARY.
vig.
Maflun-pat. tea-pot.
Ma't. malt.
Mar. might.
Maukin. bare.
Maun, niuji. Maunna. mufl
not.
Mavis, thrufh.
Mawking. hare.
May. maul, young woman.
Mazer di(h. a drinking cup
of maple. The original
reading (thus altered by
Dr. Percy) is ezar, •which
he explains azure.
Meal-kail, foup •with pot-
herbs and meal.
Meafe. mefs, i. e. to make
up the number four.
Meikle. much.
Meil-fek. mealfack.
Meife. move, foften, mol-
lify.
Mel. meddle, interfere.
Menfe. grace, decorate.
Menzie. company, retinue,
followers.
Merk. marks. The Scotijb
mark is, at piefent, a
nominal coin, value is.
i$d. EngUJh.
Melhanter. mifadventure,
m'-s fortune, difaflcr
Mickle. much.
Milk-Lowie. milk-bowl,
wooden veffel into which
the ewes are milked.
Milk-fyth. milk-flrainer
MM-fnUjff'-bornJhuff-box.
Minny. mother.
Minftrcls . mujicians, fuller si
pipers.
Mirk. dark.
Mifanter. mifadventure.
Milter, need, their miller.
what they need or want,
the necejfaries of life.
Mkher's. mothers.
Mittans. woolen or worfled
gloves.
Moggans. The fame with
hoggars, which fee.
Mony. many.
Mote, might, what mote
bee. what it might be,
what might be the matter.
Mou. mouth.
Mought. might.
Mucked, cleanfd.
Muckle. much; alfo, greats
large.
Mudie. ii. 23.
Muir. moor.
Muii. mufl.
Mutches, linen coifs or
hoods
Mutchkin. a liquid me afure %
the quantity of an Enghjb
pint.
Mylcll. myfelf.
N.
Na. Nae. no, not.
Naething. nothing.
Nainfell. Her nainfell. Hur
nane fell. Hur nown
felf; in ridicule of the
bigblander's firft attempts
to f peak EngUJh.