LURE, s. the udder of a cow.

LUSTY, adj. beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.

LYART-HAFFETS, s. grey hairs on the cheeks.

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MA, MAY, MAE, adj. more in number.

MAAD, MAWD, s. a shepherd’s plaid.

MADGE, s. Magdalene.

To MAE, v. n. to bleat.

MAGGS, s. a perquisite.

MAHOUN, s. Mahomet; the devil.

MAIDEN, s. an instrument formerly used for beheading state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French guillotine.

MAIK, s. a cant word for a halfpenny.

MAIL, s. tribute. Black Mail, a tax paid to freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their property.

MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, s. a farm.

MAIL-FREE, adj. without paying rent.

MAIN, s. moan.

MAINING, adj. moaning.

MAINS, s. the chief farm of an estate, generally that which is attached to the mansion.

MAIST, adj. most.

MAISTER, s. a landlord; a designation given to the eldest son of a baron.

MALISON, s. a curse.

MAMMIE, s. a childish term for mother.

MAN, s. a vassal; a husband; a male servant.

MAN, MAUN, aux. v. must.

MANE, s. lamentation.

MANGLE, s. a calender.

To MANGLE, v. a. to calender linen or other clothes.

MANSE, s. a parsonage house, the house of a minister.

To MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, v. to perjure.

To MANT, MAUNT, v. n. to stammer.

MARCHE, s. a landmark.

MARK, MERK, s. a pound of thirty-two ounces.

MARK, MIRK, adj. dark.

MARROW, s. a companion; a married partner.

MARROWLESS, adj. matchless.

MART, MARTE, MAIRT, s. a cow or ox killed for winter’s use.

To MASK, v. a. to catch in a net; to infuse.

MAUK, s. a maggot.

MAUKIN, s. a hare.

MAUMIE, adj. mellow.

MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, adj. feeble; inactive.

MAW, s. a sea-gull.

MAWKISH, adj. spiritless; actionless; slow.

MAWT, s. malt.

MAY, s. a maid; a virgin.

MEDE, s. a meadow.

MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, adj. great.

MELL, s. a maul.

MELT, s. milt.

MENDS, s. atonement.

To MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, v. a. to bemoan.

MENSK, MENSE, s. dignity of demeanour; discretion.

MENSKFUL, adj. manly; moderate; discreet; mannerly.