An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 553
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 553
MYTING, _s._
1. A term used to express smallness of size.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _myte_, _mydte_, acarus, a mite.
2. A fondling designation for a child, p.r.o.n. q. _mitten_, Ang.
MITTALE, MITTAINE, _s._ A kind of hawk.
_Acts Ja. II._
MITTENS, _s. pl._
1. Woollen gloves.
Fr. _mitaine_.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. _To lay up ones mittens_, to beat out ones brains, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ MITTLE, _v. a._ To hurt or wound, S.
Fr. _mutil-er_, Lat. _mutil-are_, id.
MIXT, _part. pa._
1. Disordered; applied to one in some degree ailing, Banffs.
2. Denoting partial intoxication, S.
MIXTIE-MAXTIE, MIXIE-MAXIE, _adv._ In a state of confusion, S.
Su. G. _miskmask_, id.
_Burns._
MIZZLED, _adj._ Having different colours, S.
A. S. _mistl_, varius, Isl. _mislitt_, variegatus.
MOBIL, MOBLE, _s._ Moveable goods, S.
Fr. _meubles_, id.
_Douglas._
MOCH, MOCHY, _adj._
1. Moist.
_Palice Honour._
2. Close, misty, S.
Isl. _mokk-r_, condensatio nubium; _mugga_, aer succidus et nubilo humidus.
MOCH, _s._ A heap.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _mucg_, acervus.
_To_ MOCHRE, MOKRE, _v. n._
1. To heap up, to h.o.a.rd.
_Priests Peblis._
Ital. _mucchiare_; Isl. _mock-a_, id. coacervare.
2. To be busy about trifling matters or mean work, S. B. p.r.o.n. _mochre_.
3. To work in the dark, S. B.
MOCHT, _aux. v._ Might.
_Wallace._
Alem. _moht-a_, from _mog-en_, posse.