An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 563

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 563

1. A funeral banquet.


_Douglas._


2. The last food eaten before death.


_To give one his muld meat_, to kill him, S.


_Ruddiman._


MULDRIE, _s._ Moulded work.


_Palice Honour._


_To_ MULE, MOOL, _v. a._


1. To crumble, S.


Isl. _mol-a_, id.


2. _To mule in_, to crumble bread into a vessel, for being soaked, S.


_Ramsay._


3. _To mule in with_, to have intimacy with, q. to eat out of the same dish, S.


_Ross._


~Mulin~, ~Mulock~, _s._ A crum, S.


Teut. _moclie_, offa; C. B. _mwlwg_, refuse.


MULES, _s. pl._ Kibes, chilblains, S.


Fr. _mules_, id.


MULIS, _s. pl._ A term of contempt.


_Montgomerie._


MULL, MAOIL, _s._ A promontory, S.


_Barry._


Isl. _muli_, frons montis, promontorium; Gael. _maol_, id.


MULL, _s._ A virgin.


_Kennedy._


A. S. _meoule_, id. Moes. G. _mawilo_, a damsel.


MULL, _s._ A mule.


_Knox._


_To_ MULLER, _v. a._ To crumble, S.


V. ~Mule~.


MULLIS, MOOLS, _s. pl._ Slippers, without quarters, anciently worn by persons of rank.


_Maitland Poems._


Fr. _mules_, Ital. _mulo_, Teut. _muyl_, sandalium.


MULTIPLe, MULTIPLIE, _s._ Number, quant.i.ty.


_Wallace._


Fr. _multiplie_, manifold.


MULTURE, MOUTER, _s._ The fee for grinding grain, S.


_Douglas._


Fr. _mouture_, L. B. _molitura_.


~Multurer~, _s._ The tacksman of a mill, S.


MUM, _s._ A mutter, S. B.


Teut. _momm-en_, larvam agere.


MUM CHAIRTIS, _s. pl._ Cards with figures: or for _mumchancis_; _mumchance_, being an old game at cards.