An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 561

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 561


MOW, (p.r.o.n. _moo_) _s._


1. The mouth, S.


_Maitland Poems._


Fr. _moue_; Su. G. _mun_, Teut. _muyl_, id.


2. A distorted mouth.


_Roull._


3. Used in pl. in the sense of jest. _Nae mows_, no jest, S.


_Chr. Kirk._


_To_ ~Mow~, _v. n._ To speak in mockery.


_Lyndsay._


~Mowar~, _s._ A mocker.


_Palice Honour._


_To_ ~Mow-band~, _v. a._ To mention, to articulate, S.


_Ross._


Teut. _muyl-band-en_, fiscellam ori appendere.


~Mow-bit~, _s._ A morsel, S.


_Ferguson._


~Mow-frachty~, _adj._ Palatable, S. B.


From _mow_, the mouth, and _fraucht_, perh. a lading.


MOWCH, _s._ A spy, an eave-dropper.


Fr. _mousche_, _mouche_, id.


_Lyndsay._


MOWE, _s._ Dust, S.


_peat-mowe_, peat-dust.


_Ruddiman._


MOWE, _s._ A motion.


_Douglas._


MOWENCE, _s._ Motion, or perhaps dependance.


Fr. _mouvance_, id.


_Barbour._


MOWSTER, _s._ Muster.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


MOZY, _adj._ Dark in complexion, S.


Isl. _mos-a_, musco tingere.


_To_ MUCK, _v. a._ To carry out dung, S.


Su. G. _mock-a_, stabula purgare.


~Muck-fail~, _s._ The sward mixed with dung, used for manure, S. B.


_Statist. Acc._


~Muck-midden~.


V. ~Midden~.


MUCKLE, _adj._ Great.


V. ~Mekil~.


MUD, _s._ A small nail, used in the heels of shoes, Loth.


Isl. _mot_, commissura, a joining close.


_To_ MUDDLE, _v. a._ To overthrow easily and expeditiously.







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