An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 565

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 565

_To_ MURGEON, _v. a._


1. To mock, by making mouths.


_Chr. Kirk._


Fr. _morguer_, to make a sour face.


2. To murmur, to grumble, S.


~Murgeon~, ~Morgeoun~, _s._


1. A murmur, S.


_Ramsay._


2. Muttering, in reference to the Ma.s.s.


_R. Bruce._


_To_ MURGULLIE.


V. ~Margulyie~.


MURYT, _pret._ Walled.


_Barbour._


Fr. _mur-er_, to wall.


MURLAN, _s._ A round narrow-mouthed basket, S. B.


V. ~Murling~.


_Pop. Ball._


_To_ MURLE, _v. a._ To moulder.


C. B. _mwrl_, crumbling.


_Priests Peblis._


~Murlie~, _s._


1. Any small object, Ang.


2. A fondling term for an infant, also _murlie-fikes_, Ang.


MURLING, MORTHLING, MURT, _s._ The skin of a young lamb, or of a sheep soon after it has been shorn.


_Gl. Sibb._


This is merely E. _morling_, _mortling_.


MURLOCH, _s._ The young piked dogfish.


_Statist. Acc._


MURMLED, MURBLED, _adj._ Having sore or tender feet, so as to go lame, Loth. S. A.


O. E. _mormall_, a sore, or swelling on the feet, or elsewhere.


_To_ MURR, _v. n._. To purr as a cat, a term applied to infants. S. B.


Isl. _murr-a_, Teut. _murr-en_, murmurare.


~Murling~, _s._ A soft murmur, Ang.


Su. G. _morl-a_, mussitare.


MUMRELL, _s._ Murmuring.


_Lyndsay._


Teut. _murmul-en_, submurmurare.


MURRIOW, MURRIOWN, MURREON, _s._ A helmet.


_Knox._


Fr. morion, morrion, id.


MURTH, MORTH, _s._ Murder.


Su. G. _mord_, id.


_Gl. Sibb._