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curmullyo, kurrmulyo, mallivoag, malloch, mollach, molleck, mollek, molljeck, molljo, molloch, mow, mowe, muilick, mujlik, mülick, mulliack, mullio, mulloch, mullock, mullyeck, mullyik, mullyo, mullyou, mullyow, mulyoo,
mowe [mʌu]
n. Dust, mould, dross.
 
mallivoag I.Sh.
v. To sort out.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mullyo [I.Ork. ˈmʌljo] mullock [I.Sh. ˈmøl(j)ək]: A small bundle or wisp of stalks gleaned singly in the harvest field. I.Ork. A watcher employed to see that the reapers of one farmer's rig did not encroach on the corn of the other.
mulloch: The crumbled refuse of peat such as is found at the bottom of a peat stack.
curmullyo [I.Ork. kʌr, ˈmʌljo]: A state of confusion or uproar.
map, map-map, mappie, mappy, maup, maupie, mip, moop, moopie, moppeties, moppie, moppies, moppit, moppy, moup, moup, moupie, mowp, mowpie, mowpie-mou, mup, mup-mup,
mowp [mʌup]
also moup [mup], map [map, mɔp]
n. A nickname for a rabbit.
dim. mowpie, mappie A rabbit.
v. To nibble with twitching lips like a rabbit, hare or sheep.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mowpie-mou, mappie-mou: The snapdragon Antirrhinum majus.
mourie, moury, mowrie, mowry,
mowrie [ˈmʌuri]
n. MN. Shingle or gravel on a beach.
moy,
moy [moi]
adj. Prim, demure, coy.
moifoi, moi-foi, moy-foy, moy-foy,
moy-foy [I.Sh. mɔɪ fɔɪ]
n. A perishable object which is crumbling into decay.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tae moy-foy: To destruction.
mayen, mayent, meyen, meyent, moin, moinlos, moint, moyen, moyenless, moyent, myane, myant,
moyen [ˈmɔi(ə)n, ˈmae-]
n. Power or ability to exert influence or act as intermediary, especially influence exerted to recommend another for a post or position etc. Interest, mediation, recommendation, good offices. Means of knowing, foreknowledge, forewarning, news or information in advance.
v. To recommend, act as intermediary, especially to recommend a person's service to a prospective employer. To be the means of guiding, directing or bringing something, to induce.
pt. pp. moyent
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
moyenless: Lacking energy.
moase, moased, moasint, moose, moosend, moosie, mooze, moozhe, moozlie, mose, mosened, mosey, moze, mozed, mozent, mozey, mozie, mozzey, mozzy,
moze [moːz]
n. Decay, dry rot, fustiness.
v. To decay, to become musty or mouldy. To become benumbed, to lose the sense of feeling.
pt. pp. mozed, mozent
 
mozey [ˈmoːzɪ]
adj. Decayed, rotted, fusty, mouldy.
muck, muck_haak, muck_hack, mucker, mucket, muckhaak, muck-haak, muckhack, muck-hack, muckifee, muckify, muckin, muckit, mukken, mukker,
muck [mʌk]
n. Dung, farmyard manure, refuse, compost. Dirt, filth, slimy mud.
v. To spread with dung, to manure, to fertilise. To clean the dung out of a byre or stable.
pt. pp. muckit adj. Very dirty, filthy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
jennie muck: NN.b. A working farm woman.
mucker: One who clears muck.
muck hack: A tool for pulling dung from a cart.
muckifee: To make dirty.
muckin: Clearing muck.
muck's sel: Very dirty or filthy.
forasmeikle, forasmickle, forasmuckle, forsaemuckle, insaemeikle, insaemuckle, meckle, meckledom, meickle, meikle, meikledom, mekil, mekildom, meukle, meukledom, mich, michle, mickle, mickledom, mieckle, miekle, muckel, muckeldom, muckell, muckle, muckledom, muckler, mukkel, mukkil, mukkul,
muckle [mʌkl]
also mickle [mikl], arch. meikle [mikl]
adv. Qualifying a v.: much, to a great degree or extent, greatly. Qualifying an adj. or adv. etc. in the positive or comparative degree: much, greatly, very, exceedingly.
adj. Of size or bulk: large, big, great. Of quantity or degree: much, a great deal of, a lot of. Grown-up, mature, adult. Of great social consequence, of high rank, great.
comp. muckler, mair muckle
superl. mucklest, muckle maist
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
forsaemuckle: For as much as.
great muckle: Huge, monsterous.
insaemuckle: Inasmuch.
mony a puckle maks a muckle: Every little helps.
muckledom [-dəm]: Great size, bulk.
ower muckle: Too much, too big.
Mucklebaeth, Mucklebaith, Mucklebeath, Mucklebeith,
Mucklebeath [ˈmʌklbiθ]
pn. Meiklebeath (Fife).

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