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moogeldin, mooggellin, moogildin, mooguildin, mougeldin, mudyoleen,
mougeldin [I. muˈgɛldɪn, muˈgɪldɪn]
n. A young coalfish Pollachius virens roasted with the liver left inside or stuffed with additional livers.
mool, moul, mule,
moul [mul]
n. A chilblain.
moolachie, mooly, moulachie, moulie,
moulie [NN.a. ˈmuli]
n. A term of affection used esp. to a child, my love, my dear.
dim. moulachie
 
From Gaelic m'ulaidh.
moop, moopit, moup, moupit,
moup [mup, mʌup, mɔp]
v. To fail in health, to have a wasted or pining look.
pt. pp. moupit adj. Wasted, as if through illness.
blind_mourie, blinndin_moorie, meal-moorin, mell-moorie, mell-moorin, mell-mourie, mellmurin, moar, moar, moor, moora, moorie, moorin, mour, moura, mourie, mur, mura, muri, murin,
mour [I. mur]
n. A dense fall of fine powdery snow liable to pile up into drifts. U. A bank of cloud.
dim. mourie
v. Of snow: to fall densely, to pile up into drifts.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blind mourie: A severe snowstorm causing very low visibility.
mell-mourie: A blizzard, a dense storm of fine drifting snow.
mooser, mouser, mowser,
mouser [mʌusər]
n. A moustache.
moost, moust, muist,
moust [must]
n. Musk. A perforated ball containing musk or perfume.
moot, mooter, mootle, mout, mouter, moutle, smooster, smooter, smouster, smouter,
mout [mut]
v. Of birds: to moult. To fritter a way, to consume bit by bit, to take away piecemeal.
 
mouter, with prothetic s smouter
v. To crumble away into fragments, to decay slowly. Nibble away.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
moutle: To moult etc.
the mout: Of birds: the process or period of moulting.
mootar, mooter, moutar, mouter, moutur, multure,
moutar [ˈmutər]
n. A miller.
mooch, moocher, moochin, mootch, mootcher, mootchin, mouchin, moutch, moutcher, moutchin, muich,
moutch [mutʃ]
v. To loaf, slink about, shuffle, play truant.
 
moutcher [ˈmutʃər]
n. A loafer, someone who is always after something for nothing.
v. To loaf about, slink about, shuffle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
moutchin: Loafing, slinking or shuffling about.

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