MESWAND, _s._ A wedge; properly a measuring-rod.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Alem. _mez_, mensura; _wand_, virga.

MET, METT, METTE, _s._

1. Measure, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

2. A determinate measure, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Su. G. _maat_, A. S. _mete_, mensura.

_To_ METE, _v. a._ To paint.

_Douglas._

A. S. _met-an_, pingere.

METE HAMYS, METHAMIS, _s. pl._ Manors.

_Wallace._

A. S. _mete_, meat, and _ham_, a house.

METH, _s._ A boundary.

V. ~Meith~.

METHINK, _v. impers._ Methinks.

_Barbour._

A. S. _me thincth_, mihi videtur.

MEW, _s._ An inclosure.

_Ferguson._

MEWITH, _3. p. v._ Changeth;

Fr. _mu-er_.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ MEWT, _v. n._ To mew, as a cat.

Fr. _miault_, mewing.

_Kelly._

MYANCE, _s._ Means, wages, fee.

Fr. _moyen_, mean, q. _moyens_.

MYCHE, _adj._ Great, much.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _mycken_, id. Isl. _miok_, _mioeg_, valde.

MICHEN, _s._ Common spignel, S.

Gael. _moiken_, id.

_Statist. Acc._

MICHTIE, _adj._

1. Of high rank.

_S. P. Repr._

2. Stately, haughty, S.

3. Strange, surprising; also as an _adv._ as, _michtie gude_, S. B.

Su. G. _maagta_, very; _maagta G.o.dt_.

MID-CUPPIL, _s._ That ligament which couples or unites the two staves of a flail, S. B.

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