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maivie, maivis, maivises, mavie, mavis, mavish, mavy,
mavis [ˈmeːvɪs]
n. The song thrush Turdus philomelos.
pl. maivises
dim. mavie [ˈmeːvi]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
big mavis: S. The mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus.
skitterie mavie: SW. The blackbird Turdus merula.
fou_maw, foumaw, gormaa, gormaw, hoodie_maa, huidie_maa, huidie_maw, lochmaw, ma, maa, maas, maas, maw, maws, maz, mew, mews, myaave, myaaves, myav, myave, myaves, myavs, myow, myows, parr, pickie_maw, pickiemaa, pickie-maa, pickiemaw, pickie-maw, pickmaa, pickmaw, pick-maw, pikka, pikka_maa, pikki, pine-maw, pirr-maa, pirrmaw, pirr-maw, sea_ma, seama, seamaa, sea-maa, seamaw, sea-maw, white_maw, whitemaa, white-maa, whitemaw, white-maw, whitmaa,
maw [mɑː, mɔː, N. m(j)aː, MN. mjaːv, I. maː]
also seamaw, lochmaw, whitemaw
n. The common gull Larus canus or other similar gull.
pl. maws
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blue maw: I.Sh. The common gull Larus canus.
foumaw: N. The fulmar Fulmarus glacialis.
gormaw [ˈgɔr-]: S. The cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
gou maw: SEC. The great black-backed gull Larus marinus.
gowden maw: The glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus.
herrin maw NN.b. I. The lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus.
huidie maw: The black-headed gull.
pickmaw, pickiemaw: The black-headed gull Larus ridibundus.
pirr-maw [pɪr-, pʌr-]: U. SW. WC. The black-headed gull Larus ridibundus.
seamaw's egg: WC. A sea urchin.
whitemaw: NN.b. I. The herring gull Larus argentatus.
willie maw: MN. The guillemot Uria aalge.
grandma, grandmaw, granma, ma, maa, mau, maw,
maw [mɑː, mɔː]
n. Mother.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
grandmaw: Grandmother.
ma, maa, maas, mau, maus, maw, maws,
maw [mɑ]
Usually maws [mɑːz]
n. The mallow Malva sylvestris.
ma, maa, maa$er, maad, maaed, maaer, maan, maaster, maw, mawe, mawed, mawer, mawester, mawn, mawstar, mawster, meu, mew, mowster,
maw [mɑː, mɔː, N. I. maː]
v. To mow, to reap.
pt. mawed, mew [mɪu]
pp. mawn
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mawer [ˈmɑːər, ˈmɔːər, N. I. ˈmaːər]: A mower.
mawster [ˈmɑːstər, ˈmɔːstər, N. I. ˈmaːstər]: A person who mows grass etc.
maa, maave, maawe, maawie, maw, mawe, mawie, maw-turn$d, maw-turned, maw-turnt, mawve,
maw [mɑː, mɔː, N. m(j)aː, MN. mjaːv, I. maː]
n. The stomach, in particular that of a fish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mawie puddin: A haggis.
maw-turnt: Affected with nausea, sickened.
maxie,
maxie [maksɪ]
n. An error in a Latin exercise.
maiseld, maiselt, maisle, maisled, maze, mazed, mazeld, mazelt, mazement, mazerment, mazin, mazle, mazled,
maze [meːz]
n. A state of amazement or astonishment, perplexity.
v. To amaze, bewilder, stupefy.
pt. pp. mazed
 
mazle
v. To become stupefied or confused
pt. pp. mazelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mazin: adj. Amazing, astonishing. adv. Amazingly, astonishingly.
mazerment: Amazement.
fimmae, fom, gae-fae-me-come-tae-me, gan-fae-me-come-tae-me, giffima_cumtimma, ma, mae, me, mee, mei, mey, mi, wae$s_me,
me [miː, S. məi]
pron. Me.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frae me, fae me: From me.
gae-fae-me-come-tae-me, NEC. gan-fae-me-come-tae-me: col. A trombone.
wae is me contracted wae's me: Woe to me! O the pity!
meager, meagre,
meager [ˈmigər]
adj. Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Miserable.

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