An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 531
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 531
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 a.s.sociate with, S. B.
_Burns._
3. To fit, exactly to match.
_Maitl. P._
~Marrowless~, _adj._
1. Without a match, S.