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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.
mewter, moolter, moolther, mooter, moother, moulter, moutar, mouter, moutur, mulctur, multure, muther, mutter, myoother,
moutur [ˈmutər]
n. Multure. A duty payment of grain.
modewarp, modewurk, modewurks, moudie, moudieman, moudie-man, moudiewarp, moudiewart, moudiewort, moudiwart, moudy, mowdie, mowdiehill, mowdieman, mowdie-man, mowdieskin, mowdiewark, mowdiewarp, mowdiewart, mowdieworp, mowdiewort, mowdiwarp, mowdy,
mowdiwarp [ˈmʌudiwarp, -wʌrt, ˈmudi-]
n. The mole Talpa europaea.
dim. mowdie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mowdiehill: A molehill.
mowdie-man: A mole catcher.
mowdieskin: Moleskin.
meyous, mous, mouw, mouws, mouze, mow, mowe, mowes, mows, mowse, nae_mous, nae_mowes, nae_mows, no_mouze, nouse,
mowe [mʌu]
n. A grimace, a piece of foolery.
pl. mowes [mʌuz] A joke, a jest, a laughing matter. adj. Safe, harmless, prudent, circumspect, respectable.
v. Of men: to have sexual intercourse.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
nae mowes: No joke, no joking matter, serious, dangerous, uncanny.

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