An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 556
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 556
_Dunbar._
2. The ornament of a bridle.
_Douglas._
~Mollet-brydyl~, _s._ A bridle having a curb.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Teut. _muyl_, the mouth; Isl. _mull_, Su. G. _myl_, a bridle, a curb.
_To_ MOLLET, _v. n._ Perhaps, to curb.
V. ~Mollat~.
_Lyndsay._
MOLLIGRANT, _s._ Whining, complaining, Ang. _Molligrunt_, Loth.
Isl. _mogl-a_, murmur, and _graun_, os et nasus.
MOLLIGRUB, MULLYGRUB, _s._ The same with _molligrant_, S.
_Ramsay._
_Mulligrub_ is an E. word used in a similar sense in cant language.
MOMENT-HAND, _s._ The hand of a clock or watch which marks the seconds, S.
MON, MONE, MUN, MAUN, _aux. v._ Must.
Isl. _mun_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ MONE, _v. a._ To take notice of.
_Barbour._
A. S. _mon-ian_, animadvertere.
MONE, _s._ Mane.
Isl. _moen_, id.
_Palice Honour._
MONE, _s._ The moon; _meen_, Aberd.
A. S. _mona_, Germ. _mon_, id.
_Barbour._
~Moneth~, _s._ A month, still the p.r.o.nunciation of some old people, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _monath_, id., from _mona_, the moon.
MONESTING, _s._ Admonition.
V. ~Monyss~.
_Barbour._
MONY, _adj._
1. Many, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Great, Border.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _moneg_, Sw. _monga_, many.
MONYCORDIS, _s. pl._ A musical instrument.
_Houlate._
Gr. ??????d??, unica intentus chorda.
MONIPLIES, MONNYPLIES, _s. pl._ That part of the tripe of a beast which consists of _many folds_, S.; the omasum.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._