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_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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