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mud,
mud [mʌd]
n. A small-headed stud for the heels of boots or shoes.
muddelt, muddil, muddle, muddled, muddlet, muddlit,
muddle [ˈmʌdl]
v. To grub about in the soil or dirt etc. with the fingers. To feel the way. To pilfer, steal.
pt. pp. muddelt
carmudgel, carmudgle, curmashin, curmudge, curmudgeon, curmudgin, hudgemudge, hudge-mudge, hudgemudgin, hudge-mudgin, hush-mush, midge, midgins, midjo, mig, mitch, moch, moodge, moodgins, moudge, moudgins, muchos, mudge, mudgeo, mudgeo, mudgeon, mudgeons, mudgeos, mudgie, mudgins, mudgo, mudgoos, mudgos, mudjick, mudjie, mudjo, mugeock, mujos,
mudge [mʌdʒ, mu-]
also midge [ˈmɪdʒ]
n. A movement. A sound, a whisper, a rumour.
v. To move, to shift position with a sideways movement. To budge, stir, nudge. To cause to move.
 
hudge-mudge
n. Secrecy, clandestine whispering about someone. A furtive or confidential aside.
v. To discuss covertly, whisper about, spread evil reports of someone.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hudge-mudgin: Discussing covertly, whispering.
curmudge [ˈkʌrmʌdʒ], curmudgin: A disobliging person.
carmudgle: To damage.
mudgeo, mudgie, mugeock: A mosquito, a gnat. See midge also.
mudgins [ˈmʌdʒɪnz, mu-]: pl. Movements, grimaces.
chirr_muffit, churr_muffit, muff, muffie, muffit, muffitie, mufftie, muffty, willae-muff, willie-muff, willie-muftie,
muff [mɪf]
n. A muff. Used in bird names for species with distinctive throat markings or raised feathers. NEC. A wooly moth.
dim. muffie: NEC. The whitethroat Sylvia communis or mufftie WC. A species of large hairy moth used by anglers as bait.
 
muffit
adj. Having a muff.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
chirr muffit: WC. The Whitethroat Sylvia communis.
muffitie: MN. The willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus.
willie-muff, willie-muftie: S. EC. MN. The willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus or MN. wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix.
moggro-fue, mugga, muggatie-fu, muggaty-feu, muggaty-fue, muggerafeu, muggerafou, muggero-fue, muggery, muggery-feu, muggery-fue, muggi, muggie, mugglie, muggly, muggrie, muggrofu, muggry, muggy, smuggie, smuggry, smuggy, smuggy,
mug [ˈmʌg]
n. Drizzling rain frequently accompanied by mist or fog.
v. To drizzle, especially when accompanied by misty weather.
 
muggie, also with prothetic s smuggie
adj. Drizzling, wet and misty, muggy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
muggery [I.Ork. ˈmʌg(ə)ri]: adj. Misty, drizzling.
muggery-fue I.Ork.: A misty, drizzling day.
muggly: adj. drizzling, wet and misty. Tipsy, befuddled with drink.
moog, mug, mugger, muggies,
mug [mʌg]
n. An earthenware vessel or jar. The game or the hole in the ground which is used as a target in certain games of marbles.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mugger: An itinerant tinker who sold earthenware mugs and other similar vessels.
mug, mugalees, mugalise, muggin, mugglise,
mug [mʌg]
v. To thrash. To administer corporal punishment.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
muggin: A beating.
mugglise [ˈmʌgəliːz]: NN.a. To destroy, make a mess of.
moggart, moogard, moogars, mougar, muggans, muggart, muggart, muggart_kail, mugger, muggers, muggert, muggert, muggins,
muggart [ˈmʌgərt, ˈmugər(d)]
also muggins [ˈmʌgɪnz], muggart kail.
n. The mugwort Artemisia vulgaris.
moagie, moggie, moggy, mogie, muggie, muggy,
muggie [I.Sh. ˈmʌgɪ]
n. The stomach of an animal or fish. The contents of a limpet shell.
mö, mø, moo, mü, mua, mui,
mui [møː]
n. A wasting disease in sheep caused by liver fluke.

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