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monkey, monkie,
monkey [ˈmʌnke]
n. A monkey. A tool with a ratchet for tensing fencing wire.
Compounds and phrases etc.
monkey's face: SEC. The sea urchin Spatangus purpureus.
monopoly [məˈnɔpəli]
n. The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
moanster, monster,
monster [ˈmɔnstər, ˈmonstər]
n. A monster.
Compounds and phrases etc.
monsterous: Monstrous.
mond, moneth, mont, month, montht, munce, munt, munth, towmonn, twalmond, twalmont, twalmonth, twal-month, twal-munt, twelvemonth,
month [mʌnθ, I.Sh. mʌnt]
n. A month.
The singular is used as the pl. with numerals.
Compounds and phrases etc.
this month past: Last month.
twalmonth: A period of twelve months, a year.
mauny, maunys, mehny, minny, minnys, miny, minys, moanie, moany, money, monie, monie$s, monie-ane, monies, monies, monnie, monny, mony, mony$s, mony_ane, monys, munnie, munny, muny,
mony [ˈmone]
adj. Many. Big, large, great, considerable.
comp. mair [meːr]
superl. maist [mest, mɛst]
Compounds and phrases etc.
the mony: The great majority. The dead, the departed.
a mony: A lot, a great number.
mony a ane, mony ane: Many a one.
mony's ...: Many is ...
mony's the time: Often.
no mony: A few.
ower mony: Too many.
grannie-mooldie, granny-moolie, granny-moulie, hairy-möldit, hairy-mooldit, hairymouldit, hairy-muildit, meelit, mool, moold, mooldie, mooldin, mooldit, mooldy, moolie, moolit, mooly, moul, moul$, mould, moulit, mowl, muilit,
moold [mul(d)]
v. To grow mouldy, become covered with mildew or other damp fungus.
pt. pp. mooldit adj. Mouldy, covered with mildew or other damp fungus.
mooldie
Mouldy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
grannie-mooldie: SW. A caterpillar.
hairy-mooldit: Covered in (green) mould.
mooldin [ˈmuldɪn]: Moulding.
moolick, moolickin, moolkin, moulick, moulkin, mullick,
moolkin [ˈmulkɪn]
also moolick [ˈmulɪk]
n. WC. A thrashing.
moon, moon$, moond, moun, moun$,
moond [mund]
n. A mound.
Moosal, Moosald, Moosle,
Moosald [ˈmusəl(d)]
pn. Mouswald (Dumfries and Galloway).
From Old English meos-fald?
filichan_moose, flichtermice, flichtermoose, flichtin_moose, flittermoos, flittermoose, hill-moose, land-moose, land-mouse, lan-moose, laund-moose, laun-moose, meisle, meisle, meissle, meissle, meysel, mice, micel, moos, moose, moosefa, moose-faa, moose-faw, mooses, moosie, moosis, mooskit, moosy, mous, mousie, mouss, myce, myssle, screw-moose, screw-mouse, sea_moose, sea-moose, sistie_moose, vole-moose,
moose [mus]
n. A mouse, usually Mus musculus.
pl. mice [məis] col. mooses
dim. moosie adj. adj. Downy.
micel [MN. məisl]
n. A small piece.
v. To fritter away, to consume by degrees.
Compounds and phrases etc.
flichtermoose [ˈflɪç(t)ər-]: A bat (the mammal). pl. flichtermice.
flichtin moose: NN.b. A bat (the mammal). pl. flichtin mice.
hill-moose: I.Sh. The field mouse, Apodemus fridariensis.
laund-moose: SW. C. The vole Microtus agrestis.
moose-faw: A mousetrap.
mooskit: I.Sh. Grey, the colour of a mouse.
roan moose: I.Ork.: The shrew Sorex araneus.
sea-moose: SW. The dunlin Calidris alpina.
screw-moose: The shrew Sorex araneus.
shear moose: The shrew Sorex araneus.
sistie moose: I.Sh. The wren Troglodytes troglodytes.
strae moose: NEC. MN.: The shrew Sorex araneus.
vole-moose: I.Ork. The short-tailed field-mouse Microtus agrestis.
yird-moose: MN. The wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus.
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