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Methil, Methul, Saltgreen, Sautgreen,
Methil [ˈmɛθ(ə)l]
pn. Methil (Fife).
Locally Sautgreen.
method, Methodee, Methodie, Methodist,
method [ˈmɛθəd]
n. A systematic or orderly procedure or arrangement.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Methodist: A follower of the tea chings of John Wesley. dim. Methodie
fit-mett, met, metster, met-stick, mett, mettster, mett-stick,
mett [mɛt]
n. Measurement. A standard or system of measuring. A boundary marker.
v. To measure. To compose poetic measures, to rhyme.
pt. pp. mettit, mett. adj. mett
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fit-mett: I.Sh. A footprint.
metster: A surveyor.
mett-stick: A stick cut to the exact length of the foot and sent to the shoemaker.
mettick, metticks, mettoos, mettos,
mettick [I.Ork. ˈmɛtɪk]
usually n. pl. metticks The sand sedge Carex arenaria.
metteen, mettin,
mettin [I. ˈmɛtɪn]
n. An ear or grain of corn or barley. A small morsel or particle.
mettal, mettle,
mettle [mɛtl]
n. Mettle.
adj. Spirited, mettlesome, game, full of vitality, lively, active.
mettack, mettick, mettock,
mettock [mɛtək]
n. MN. A soft crab, usually Cancer pagurus.
Meuthil, Mewthil, Muethal,
Meuthil [ˈmjuːθɪl]
pn. Muthill (Perth and Kinross).
maa, mae, mae, maein, mauley, maw, mawin, mawl, mawle, mawlie, meh, meh, mehin, mehin, meut, mew, mewt, miauve, mjawi, moot, myew, myout, myow, myow, myowe, myowe, myowt, njau, njauer, njou, nyow, nyowe, nyower, sheepie-mae, sheepie-meh, sheepy_meh, sheepy-maay,
mew [muː, mjuː, MN. mjʌu]
also mewt, maw [mɑː, mɔː, MN. mjaː(v), N. I. maː], meh [mɛː, meː], myowe [mjʌu], I.Sh. nyowe [mjʌu], U. myowt
v. To bleat like a sheep, lamb or goat. To mew like a cat.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
curmew: Of cats: to mew, caterwaul.
mawin, mehin: Bleating like a sheep etc.
mawle: I.Sh. To mew like a cat.
mawlie: I.Sh. A pet name for a cat.
nyower: I.Sh. A fishermen's taboo-name for a cat.
sheepie-meh: A child's name for a sheep. The flower of the white clover Trifolium repens.
Meuros, Mewries, Mewros,
Mewros [ˈmjurəs]
pn. Melrose (Borders).

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