An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 557
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 557
S. _mony_ many, and _ply_ a fold.
_To_ MONYSS, _v. a._ To warn, to admonish.
Fr. _admonest-er_, id.
_Barbour._
MONONDAY, MUNANDAY. _s._ Monday, S.
_Fordun._
A. S. _Monan daeg_, id. the day consecrated to the Moon.
MONTEYLE, _s._ A mount.
_Barbour._
Ital. _monticell-o_, L. B. _monticell-us_, colis.
MONTH, MOUNTH, _s._
1. A mountain.
_Complaynt S._
2. The Grampian mountains towards their eastern extremity.
_To gang oure the Month_, to cross the Grampians, S. B.
_Barbour._
A. S. _monte_, _munt_, a mountain.
MONTUR, _s._ Expl. saddle-horse.
Fr. _monture_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ MOOL, _v. a._ To crumble.
V. ~Mule~.
~Mools~, _s._
V. ~Muldis~.
_To_ MOOP, _v. n._
V. ~Moup~.
MOOR-FOWL, _s._ Red game, moor-c.o.c.k, S.
_Sibbald._
MOOR-GRa.s.s, _s._ Potentilla anserina, S.
_Lightfoot._
MOOSE, _s._
V. ~Mouse~.
MOOSEWEB, MOUSEWEB, _s._
1. The gossamer, S.
2. Improperly, a spiders web.
3. Metaph. phlegm in the throat or stomach, S.
_Ferguson._
Fr. _mousse_, moss; Teut. _mos_, moisture.
_To_ MOOTER.
V. ~Mout~ _awa_.
MOOTH, _adj._ Misty, foggy, S. B.
Belg. _mottig_, id. _mottig weer_, drizzling weather.
MORADEN, _s._ Homage.