MOTHER-NAKED.

V. ~Modyr-nakyd~.

MOTHER-WIT, _s._ Common sense, discretion, S.

_Ferguson._

MOTTIE, _adj._ Full of motes.

_Ross._

MOVIR, MOUIR, MURE, _adj._ Mild, gentle.

_Wyntown._

Belg. _morwe_, _murw_, Su. G. _moer_, mollis.

~Movirly~, _adv._ Mildly.

_Wyntown._

MOULY HEELS.

V. ~Mules~.

_To_ MOULIGH, _v. n._ To whimper, to whine, Ayrs.

Isl. _mogl-a_, to murmur.

MOUNTAIN DULSE, mountain laver, S.

MOUNTH, _s._ A mountain.

V. ~Month~.

_To_ MOUP, MOOP, _v. a._

1. To nibble, to mump, S.

_Douglas._

2. To impair by degrees.

_Ramsay._

Most probably corrupted from E. _mump_.

MOUSE, _s._ The bulb of flesh on the extremity of the shank of mutton, S. p.r.o.n. _moose_.

Teut. _muys_, carnosa pars in corpore.

MOUSE-WEB, _s._

V. ~Moose-web~.

_To_ MOUT, _v. n._ To moult, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

Teut. _muyt-en_, plumas amittere.

_To_ ~Mout~ _awa"_ (p.r.o.n. _moot_) _v. a._ To take away piecemeal, S.

~Mout.i.t~, _part. pa._ Diminished, scanty, bare.

_Palice Honour._

_To_ MOUTER, _v. a._ To take multure for grinding corn, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ MOUTER, (p.r.o.n. _mooter_) _v. a._ The same with _mout awa"_, S.

MOUTON, _s._ A French gold coin brought into S. in the reign of David II., having the impression of the _Agnus Dei_, which the vulgar mistook for a sheep; hence called _mouton_.

_L. Hailes._

MOW, MOUE, _s._ A heap, S.

_Barbour._

A. S. _mowe_, acervus.

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