An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 525
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 525
_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 a.s.sume 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, p.r.o.n. _Maikint_, _adj._ Possessing a.s.surance, 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. _maleicon_, _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._