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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).
meowt, mewt, myout,
mewt [mjut, MN. mjʌut]
n. A slight sound, the least noise.
gab_o_Mey, gaps_o_May, mae, maie, maisie, may, may, may_gobs, may-bird, mey, mey_bird, mey-bird, meysie, mie, misey, mye,
Mey [məi]
n. The month of May. The blossom of the hawthorn Crataegus monogyna.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gab o Mey: A spell of stormy weather at the beginning of May.
Mey bird: U. The whimbrel Numenius phaeopus.
meysie: SN. The wild primrose primula vulgaris.
Mae, Mey, Mie, mye,
mey [məi]
n. The blossom of the hawthorn Crataegus monogyna.

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