Glossary : M
Mae: more
Mailen: mailin: a farm
Mailie: Molly
Mair: more
Maist most
Maist: almost
Mak: make
Mak o': make o': to pet: to
fondle
Mall: Mally
Manteele: a mantle
Mark: merk: an old Scots coin (13 1-3d
sterling)
Mashlum: of mixed meal
Maskin-pat: the teapot
Maukin: a hare
Maun: must
Maunna: mustn't
Maut: malt
Mavis: the thrush
Mawin: mowing
Mawn: mown
Mawn: a large basket
Mear: a mare
Meikle: mickle: muckle: much:
great
Melder: a grinding corn
Mell: to meddle
Melvie: to powder with meal-dust
Men': mend
Mense: tact: discretion: politeness
Menseless: unmannerly
Merle: the blackbird
Merran: Marian
Mess John: Mass John: the parish priest:
the minister
Messin: a cur: a mongrel
Midden: a dunghill
Midden-creels: manure-baskets
Midden dub: midden puddle
Midden-hole: a gutter at the bottom of the dunghill
Milking shiel: the milking shed
Mim: prim: affectedly meek
Mim-mou'd: prim-lipped
Min': mind: remembrance
Mind: to remember: to bear in mind
Minnie: mother
Mirk: dark
Misca': to miscall: to abuse
Mishanter: mishap
Mislear'd: mischievous: unmannerly
Mistak: mistake
Misteuk: mistook
Mither: mother
Mixtie-maxtie: confused
Monie: many
Mools: crumbling earth: grave
Moop: to nibble: to keep close company:
to meddle
Mottie: dusty
Mou': the mouth
Moudieworts: moles
Muckle: v meikle
Muslin-kail: beefless broth
Mutchkin: an English pint
