Part 14 (1/2)

Misky form of misty

Miz-maze _s._ confusion

Mog _v._ to decamp, march off

Mooch _v._ to stroke down gently

Mood _s._ the mother of vinegar

Mole _s._ higher part of the back of the neck

Mommacks _s._ pl. fragments, sc.r.a.ps

Mommick, Mommet _s._ a scarecrow (Wiclif's N. Test.: ”a sacrifice to the _mawmet_” Act vii. 41)

Moocher, Mooching, Meecher _s._ one who skulks; absents himself from school

Moor-coot _s._ a moor-hen

More _s._ a root

Moot _v._ to root up _s._ Mooting-axe

Moot _s._ that portion of a tree left in the ground after it has been felled

Mop _s._ tuft of gra.s.s

More, Morey _v.n._ to take root; applied to trees

Mother, Mothering _s._ white mould in beer or cider

Mothering-Sunday _s._ midlent Sunday, probably from the custom of visiting the mother-churches during that season

Mought for might _aux. verb_

Mouse-snap _s._ a mouse-trap

Mouster _v._ to stir, to be moving

Mow-staddle _s._ a conical stone with a flat circular cap, used for the support of a mow or stack of corn

Muddy-want _s._ a mole

Mullin _s._ metheglin

Mumper, Mump, Mumping a beggar, to beg

Nacker _s._ a nag

Nagging _adj._ applied to continued aching pain, as toothache; also, teasing with reproaches