shut up; contracted.
LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s._ an elderly woman; a grandmother; the
mistress of an alehouse.
LUCK-PENNY, _s._ a sum given to a person who makes a
bargain.
LUESOME, _adj._ lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive
in manner or appearance.
LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ the palm of the hand.
LUG, _s._ the ear.
LUGGIE, _s._ a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink,
made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them
prolonged considerably above the others.
LUM, LUMB, _s._ a chimney.
LUM-HEAD, _s._ the chimney-top.
LUNCH, _s._ a large piece of anything, particularly applied
to something eatable.
LURE, _s._ the udder of a cow.
LUSTY, _adj._ beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.
LYART-HAFFETS, _s._ grey hairs on the cheeks.
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MA, MAY, MAE, _adj._ more in number.
MAAD, MAWD, _s._ a shepherd's plaid.
MADGE, _s._ Magdalene.
_To_ MAE, _v. n._ to bleat.
MAGGS, _s._ a perquisite.
MAHOUN, _s._ Mahomet; the devil.
MAIDEN, _s._ an instrument formerly used for beheading
state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French
guillotine.
MAIK, _s._ a cant word for a halfpenny.
MAIL, _s._ tribute. _Black Mail_, a tax paid to
freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their
property.
MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, _s._ a farm.
MAIL-FREE, _adj._ without paying rent.
MAIN, _s._ moan.
MAINING, _adj._ moaning.
MAINS, _s._ the chief farm of an estate, generally that
which is attached to the mansion.
MAIST, _adj._ most.
MAISTER, _s._ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest
son of a baron.
MALISON, _s._ a curse.
MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother.
MAN, _s._ a vassal; a husband; a male servant.
MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must.
MANE, _s._ lamentation.
MANGLE, _s._ a calender.
_To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other
clothes.
MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister.
_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure.
_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer.
MARCHE, _s._ a landmark.
MARK, MERK, _s._ a pound of thirty-two ounces.
MARK, MIRK, _adj._ dark.
MARROW, _s._ a companion; a married partner.
MARROWLESS, _adj._ matchless.
MART, MARTE, MAIRT, _s._ a cow or ox killed for winter's
use.
_To_ MASK, _v. a._ to catch in a net; to infuse.
MAUK, _s._ a maggot.
MAUKIN, _s._ a hare.
MAUMIE, _adj._ mellow.
MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, _adj._ feeble; inactive.
MAW, _s._ a sea-gull.
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