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_Skene._

V. ~Manys~.

L. B. _Mansus Dominicatus_, id.

MAYOCK, _s._ A mate.

V. ~Maik~.

MAYOCK FLOOK, a species of flounder, S.

_Sibbald._

MAIR, MAIRE, MARE, _s._

1. An officer attending a sheriff for executions and arrestments, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

2. _Maire of fee_, a hereditary officer under the crown, whose power resembled that of sheriff-subst.i.tute in our times.

_Acts Ja. I._

Gael. _maor_, an officer; C. B. _maer_, a ruler; Arm. _maier_, the head of a village; Fr. _maire_, anc. _maier_, a mayor; Alem. _mer_, a prince.

3. The first magistrate of a royal borough.

_Wallace._

MAIR, _adj._ More.

V. ~Mare~.

MAIRDIL, _adj._ Unwieldy, Ang.

Apparently from Gael. _muirtamhuil_, heavy, p.r.o.n. nearly as the S.

term.

MAIRATOUR, _adv._ Moreover, S. B.

_Ross._

MAIROUIR, MAIROUR, _adv._ Moreover.