An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 564

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 564

_Maitland Poems._


MUMMING, _s._ Perh. muttering.


_Burel._


_To_ MUMP, _v. n._ To hint, to aim at, S.


_Shirrefs._


MUMMD, _part. pa._ Tingling from cold, Loth.; apparently corr. from E.


_numb_, torpid.


~Mumt-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of stupor, Loth.


MUN, _v. aux._ Must


V. ~Mon~.


~Mundie~, _s._ Perhaps, prating fool.


Teut. _mondigh_, loquacious.


_Philotus._


MUNDS, _s._ The mouth. Loth.


Germ. _mund_, id.


MUNKS, _s._ A halter for a horse, Fife.


Isl. _mundvik_, canthus oris; Gael. _muince_, a collar.


MUNN, _s._ A short-hafted spoon, Galloway.


_Stat. Acc._


Perhaps from Isl. _munn_, the mouth.


MUNSIE, _s._ A designation expressive of contempt or ridicule, S. perh.


a corr. of Fr. _monsieur_, vulgarly p.r.o.n. _monsie_.


MUR, _adj._


V. ~Movir~.


MURALYEIS, _s. pl._ Walls.


_Douglas._


Fr. _muraille_, a wall.


_To_ MURDRES, MURTHREYS, _v. a._ To murder.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.d._


Moes. G. _maurthr-jan_, id.


~Murdresar~, _s._


1. A Murderer.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.d._


2. A large cannon.


_Compl. S._


Fr. _meurtriere_, id.


MURE, MUIR, MOR, _anc._ MORE, _s._ A heath, a flat covered with heath, S.


_Barbour._


A. S. _mor_, ericetum, heath-ground, Isl. _mr_, id.


~Mure-burn~, _s._


1. The burning of heath, S.


_Acts Ja. IV._


2. Metaph. strife, contention, S.


~Mureland~, ~Moorland~, _adj._ Of or belonging to heathy ground.


_Ramsay._