Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 55

MARCHE, _s._ a landmark.

MARK, MERK, _s._ a pound of thirty-two ounces.

MARK, MIRK, _adj._ dark.

MARROW, _s._ a companion; a married partner.

MARROWLESS, _adj._ matchless.

MART, MARTE, MAIRT, _s._ a cow or ox killed for winter's use.

_To_ MASK, _v. a._ to catch in a net; to infuse.

MAUK, _s._ a maggot.

MAUKIN, _s._ a hare.

MAUMIE, _adj._ mellow.

MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, _adj._ feeble; inactive.

MAW, _s._ a sea-gull.

MAWKISH, _adj._ spiritless; actionless; slow.

MAWT, _s._ malt.

MAY, _s._ a maid; a virgin.

MEDE, _s._ a meadow.

MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, _adj._ great.

MELL, _s._ a maul.

MELT, _s._ milt.

MENDS, _s._ atonement.

_To_ MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, _v. a._ to bemoan.

MENSK, MENSE, _s._ dignity of demeanour; discretion.

MENSKFUL, _adj._ manly; moderate; discreet; mannerly.

MERE, _s._ a boundary; a limit; the sea.

MERK, _s._ an ancient Scottish silver coin, value thirteen s.h.i.+llings and fourpence Scotch money, or thirteen pence and one-third of a penny sterling.

MERLE, _s._ a blackbird.

MERRY-BEGOTTEN, _s._ an illegitimate child.

MERRY-DANCERS, _s._ the Aurora Borealis.

MES. _s._ ma.s.s. _Mes_ or _Ma.s.s John_, a name of derision for a parish minister.

MESSAN, _s._ a small mongrel dog.

MET, METT, _s._ measure.

MEVIS, _s._ a thrush.

MICHTIE, _adj._ of high rank; stately; haughty.

MICK, _s._ Michael.

MIDDEN, _s._ a dunghill.

MILK-SYTH, _s._ a milk strainer.

MILL, MULL, _s._ a snuff-box made of a horn.

MILL-LADE, MILL-LEAD, _s._ a mill-course.

MIM, _adj._ prim; demure; prudish.

MIM-MOU'D, _adj._ soft of speech; bashful.

_To_ MIND, _v. n._ to remember; to recollect.

MINNIE, MINNY, _s._ mother.

MIRK, MYUK, MARK, _adj._ dark.

MIRLYGOES, _s. pl._ when persons see indistinctly they are said to be in the _Mirlygoes_.

MISCALL, MISCA', _v. a._ to call hard uames.

MISCHANTER, _s._ misfortune; mishap.

_To_ MISKEN, _v. n._ not to recognise.

_To_ MISTROW, _v. a._ to suspect; to mistrust.

_To_ MISTRYST, _v. a._ to break an engagement.

MITTENS, _s. pl._ woollen gloves.