Chapter 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._

_To_ MUSALL, MISSEL, _v. a._ To veil.

Su. G. _musla_, occultare.

_Acts Ja. II._

~Mussal~, ~Myssal~, ~Mussaling~, _s._ A veil.

_Philotus._

MUSARDRY, _s._ Musing, dreaming.

Fr. _musardie_, id. _musard_.

_Douglas._

MUSH, _s._ One who goes between a lover and his mistress, Fife.

Fr. _mousche_, a fly; metaph. an eave-dropper, a promoter.

V. ~Mowch~.

MUSHINFOW, _adj._ Cruel, W. Loth. apparently q. _mischantfou_.

MUSKANE, MUSCANE, _adj._

1. Mossy. Teut. _mosch-en_, mucere.

_Pal. Hon._

2. Putrid, rotten.

_Bellenden._

MUSLIN-KAIL, _s._ Broth made of water, barley, and greens, S. q. _meslin-kail_.

V. ~Maschlin~.

_Burns._

MUSSLING, _adj._ Uncertain.

_Z. Boyd._

MUST, _s._ Mouldiness.

_Henrysone._

Teut. _mos_, _mosse_, mucor.

MUST, _s._ Musk.

V. ~Muist~.

MUST, _s._ Hair-powder, or flour used for this purpose, S.; perhaps as anciently scented with _musk_, S. _must_.

MUSTARDE-STONE, _s._ A stone used for bruising _mustard_ seed, S.

_Dunbar._

_To_ MUSTUR, _v. n._ To make a great parade; q. To shew one's self.

_Douglas._

_To_ MUT, _v. n._ To meet.

_Wallace._

Moes. G. _mot-jan_, Su. G. _moet-a_, id.

MUTCH, _s._ A head-dress for a female, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _mutse_, Su. G. _myssa_, id.

MUTCHKIN, _s._ A measure equal to an English pint, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Belg. _mutsie_, denotes a quart.

MUTE, _s._

1. Meeting.

_Wallace._

2. A parliament, an assembly.

_Kennedy._

_To_ MUTE, _v. n._

1. To plead; an old law term.

_Baron Courts._

2. To treat of.

_Barbour._

A. S. _mot-ian_, tractare, discutere.

~Mute~, ~Mote~, _s._

1. A plea.

_Reg. Maj._

2. A quarrel.

_Rutherford._

_To_ MUTE, _v. n._

1. To articulate.

_Lyndsay._

2. To mention what ought to be kept secret, S.

_Godscroft._

3. To complain, S.

_Wallace._

Lat. _mut-ire_, to mutter.

Used also as a _v. a._

_Kennedy._

MUTH, _adj._ Exhausted with fatigue.

V. ~Mait~.

_Wyntown._

N

NA, NAE, NE, _adv._ No, not, S.

A. S. _na_, _ne_, id.

_Barbour._

NA, NE, _conj._

1. Neither.

_Douglas._

2. Nor.

_Barbour._

3. Used both for neither, and nor.

A. S. _na_, _ne_, neque, nec.

_Douglas._

NA, _conj._ But.

_Douglas._

NA, _conj._ Than.

_Wallace._