Chapter C: B. llumon, id

_Brand._

~Lum-head~, _s._ A chimney top, S.

_Ross._

LUME, _s._ An utensil.

V. ~Lome~.

LUMMLE, _s._ The filings of metal, S.

Fr. _limaille_, id.

LUNCH, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S.

Sw. _luns_, massa.

_Burns._

LUND, LWND, _s._ London.

_Wallace._

LUNYIE, _s._ The loin.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _loenie_. id.

~Lunyie-bane~, _s._ Hucklebone, Fife.

LUNKIT, _adj._

1. Lukewarm, S.

2. Beginning to thicken in boiling, S.

Dan. _lunk-en_, to make lukewarm.

LUNT, _s._

1. A match, as in E.

_Hist. Ja. Sext._

2. A column of flaming smoke, S.

_Burns._

3. Hot vapour of any kind, S.

_Burns._

Teut. _lonte_, fomes igniarius.

_To_ ~Lunt~, _v. n._ To emit smoke in columns, S.

_Burns._

~Luntus~, _s._ A contemptuous designation for an old woman, probably from the practice of smoking tobacco, S. B.

LURDANE, LURDON, _s._

1. A worthless person.

_Wyntown._

2. A fool, a sot.

_Baillie._

3. Conjoined with the idea of sloth, S.

4. Improperly, a piece of folly or stupidity.

_Godly Sangs._

Fr. _lourdin_, blockish, from _lourd_, id. Teut. _luyaerd_, _loerd_,
ignavus.

~Lurdanry~, _s._

1. Sottishness.

_Douglas._

2. Carnal sloth.

_Lyndsay._

Fr. _lourderie_, stupidity.

LURE, _s._ The udder of a cow; properly, as used for food, S.

LURE, _adv._ Rather, S.

V. ~Lever~.

_Ramsay._

LUSCHBALD, _s._ A sluggard.

_Kennedy._

Isl. _losk-r_, ignavus, and _bald-r_, potens.

LUSKING, LEUSKING, _part. pr._ Absconding.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _luysch-en_, latitare.

LUSOME, _adj._ Not smooth, S. B.

Su. G. _lo_, _lugg_, rough, and _sum_.

LUSOME, _adj._ Desirable.

V. ~Lufsom~.

LUSS, _s._ Dandruff, Pityriasis capitis, S.

LUSTY, _adj._

1. Beautiful.

_Douglas._

2. Pleasant, delightful.

_Douglas._

Teut. _lustigh_, amoenus, delectabilis.

~Lustheid~, _s._ Amiableness.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Lustynes~, _s._ Beauty.

_Dunbar._

LUTE, LEUT, _s._ A sluggard.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _loete_, homo insulsus; E. _lout_.

LUTE, _pret._ Permitted.

V. ~Luit~.

LUTHE. Not understood.

_Bannatyne Poems._

LUTHRIE, _s._ Lechery.

_Bannatyne P._

Belg. _lodderig_, wanton.

LUTTAIRD, _adj._ Bowed.

_Dunbar._

O. Belg. _loete_, a clown, and _aerd_, nature.

_To_ LUVE, LUWE, _v. a._ To love.

V. ~Luf~.

M

MA, MAY, MAA, MAE, _adj._ More in number, S.

A. S. _ma_, id.

_Barbour._

_To_ MA, _v. a._ To make.

_Barbour._

Germ. _mach-en_, facere.

MA, _aux. v._ May.

_Wyntown._

Sw. _ma_, Isl. _maa_, id.

MAAD, MAWD, _s._ A plaid worn by shepherds, S. A. Renfr.

_Mannering._

Su. G. _mudd_, a garment made of the skins of reindeers.

MABBIE, _s._ A woman's cap, S. B.

mob, E.

_Ross._

MACH, _s._ Son in law.

V. ~MAICH~.

_To_ MACHE, _v. n._ To strive.

_Douglas._

MACKLACK, _adv._ In a clattering way.

_Polwart._

_Mak_, make, and _clack_, a sharp sound.

MACRELL, MAKERELL, _s._

1. A pimp.

_Bellenden._

2. A bawd.

_Philotus._

Fr. _maquereau_, leno; fem. _maquerelle_.

MACKREL-STURE, _s._ The tunny, a fish.

_Pennant._

O. Su. G. _stur_, magnus.

_To_ MAE, _v. n._ To bleat softly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Mae~, _s._ A bleat, S.

_Ritson._

_To_ MAGG, _v. a._ To carry off clandestinely, Loth.

Su. G. _miugg_, clanculum.

MAGG, _s._ A cant word for a halfpenny, pl. _maggs_; the gratuity which servants expect from those to whom they drive any goods, Loth.

V. ~Maik~.

MAGGIES, _s. pl._ Perhaps, _maids_.

A. S. _maegth_, virgo.

_Philotus._

_To_ MAGIL, MAIGIL, _v. a._ To mangle.

_Douglas._

MAGRAVE, MAGRY, _prep._ Maugre.

V. ~Mawgre~.

_Wyntown._

MAHOUN, _s._

1. Mahomet, O. S. and E.

2. Transferred to the devil.

_Dunbar._

MAY, _s._ A maid, a virgin, S.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _mey_, A. S. _maeg_, Norm. Sax. _mai_, Moes. G. _mawi_, id.

MAICH, MACH, (gutt.) _s._ Son-in-law.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _mag-us_, a son; A. S. _maeg_, id.; also a father-in-law, a
kinsman.

MAICH, _s._ (gutt.) Marrow, Ang.

MAICHERAND, _part. adj._ (gutt.) Weak, incapable of exertion, Ang.

Su. G. _meker_, homo mollis.

MAID, _s._ A maggot, S. B.

Teut. _made_, Belg. _maade_, id.

MAID, _adj._ Tamed.

V. ~Mait~.

_Acts Ja. III._

MAIDEN, _s._ An instrument for beheading, nearly of the same construction with the _Guillotine_, S.

_Godscroft._

MAIDEN, _s._

1. The last handful of corn cut down by the reapers on a farm; this being dressed up with ribbons, in resemblance of a young woman, S.

_A. Douglas._

2. The feast of harvest-home, S.

_Statist. Acc._

MAIDEN, _s._

1. The honorary designation given to the eldest daughter of a farmer, S. B.

2. The bride's maid at a wedding, S. B.

3. She who lays the child in the arms of the parent, when presented for baptism, Lanerks.

MAIGLIT, _part. pa._ Mangled.

V. ~Magil~.

MAIK, _s._ A cant term for a halfpenny, S.

MAIK, MAKE, MAYOCK, _s._ A match, or equal, S.

_K. Quair._

A. S. _maca_, Su. G. _make_, aequalis, socius.

_To_ ~Maik~, _v. n._ To match.

_Douglas._

Germ. _mach-en_, sociare.

~Maikless~, ~Maykles~, _adj._ Matchless, S.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _makaloes_, id.

MAIL, MALE, _s._ A spot in cloth, especially what is caused by iron, S.

A. S. _mal_, Teut. _mael_, macula.

_To_ ~Mail~, ~Male~, _v. a._ To stain, S.

MAIL, MEIL, MEEL, _s._ A weight equivalent to about 7½ stones Dutch, Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _maal_, a measure.

MAIL, _s._

1. Tribute; pl. _malis_.

_Bellend._

2. Rent paid, in whatever way, for a farm, S.

_Erskine._

3. Rent paid for a house, garden, &c. S.

_Acts Sed._

Hence _house-mail_, _stable-mail_, _horse-mail_, _grass-mail_, S.

A. S. _male_, Isl. _mala_, Ir. _mal_, tributum.

4. _To pay the mail_, to atone for a crime by suffering, S.

_Hogg._

~Black-mail~, _s._ A tax paid by heritors or tenants, for the security of their property, to those freebooters who were wont to make inroads on estates.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Germ. _blackmal_, id. from Alem. _blak-en_, praedari.

~Mailer~, ~Maillar~, _s._

1. A farmer.

_Henrysone._

2. One who has a very small piece of ground, S.

_Statist. Acc._

~Mail-free~, _adj._ Without paying rent, S.

_Rutherford._

~Mail-garden~, _s._ A garden, the products of which are raised for sale, S.

~Mailin~, ~Mailing~, ~Maling~, _s._

1. A farm, S. from _mail_, as being rented.

_Maitland P._

2. The term during which a tenant possesses a farm.

_Baron Courts._

~Mail-man~, _s._ A farmer.

_Baron Courts._

~Mail-payer~, _s._ The same, S. B.

_Ross._

_To_ ~Mail~, ~Maill~, _v. a._ To rent.

_Acts Ja. I._

MAILYIE, _s._

1. In pl., the plates or links of which a coat of mail is composed.

Teut. _maelie_, orbiculus.

_Douglas._

2. Network.

_Henrysone._

_To_ MAIN, _v. a._ To bemoan, S.

V. ~Mene~, _v._

~Main~, ~Mayne~, ~Mane~, _s._ Moan, S.

_Wallace._

MAYNDIT.

V. ~Wayndit~.

_Wallace._

MAYNE, MANE, _s._

1. Strength of body.

_Wallace._

2. Courage, valour.

_Douglas._

A. S. _maegen_, Isl. _magn_, magnitudo virium.

MAINS, MAINES, _s._ The farm attached to a mansion-house, S.

_Skene._

V. ~Manys~.