Glossary Of Scottish Words Used By Robert Burns: M-Words

M-Words

by Robert Burns

Mae, mair, maist, maistly
More, most, almost, mostly.
Maggot's-meat
Food for the worms.
Mahoun
Satan.
Mailen
A farm.
Mak'
To make; makin', making.
Mally
Molly, Mary.
Mang
Among.
Manse
The house of the parish minister is called the manse.
Manteele
A mantle.
Mark
Marks. This and several other nouns, which, in English, require an s to form the plural, are, in Scottish, like the words sheep, deer, the same in both numbers.
Mark, merk
A Scottish coin, value thirteen shillings and fourpence.
Marled
Partly coloured.
Mar's year
The year 1715. Called Mar's year from the Rebellion of Erskine, Earl of Mar.
Martial chuck
The soldier's camp-comrade, female companion.
Mashlum
Mixed corn.
Mask
To mash, as malt, etc., to infuse.
Maskin-pat
Tea-pot.
Maukin
A hare.
Maun, mauna
Must, must not.
Maut
Malt.
Mavis
The thrush.
Maw, mawin'
To mow; mowing; maun, mowed; maw'd, mowed.
Mawn
A small basket without a handle.
Meere
A mare.
Meikle
Much.
Melancholious
Mournful.
Melder
Corn or grain of any kind, sent to the mill to be ground.
Mell
To be intimate, to meddle; also a mallet for pounding barley in a stone trough.
Melvie
To soil with meal.
Men'
To mend.
Mense
Good manners, decorum.
Menseless
Ill-bred, rude, impudent.
Merle
The black-bird.
Messan
Cur.
Messin
A small dog.
Midden
A dunghill.
Midden-hole
A gutter at the bottom of a dunghill.
Midd'n-creels
Dung-baskets, panniers in which horses carry manure.
Milkin-shiel
A place where cows or ewes are brought to be milked.
Mim
Prim, affectedly meek.
Mim-mou'd
Gentle-mouthed.
Min'
To remember; mind, remembrance.
Minawae
Minuet.
Mind't
Mind it, resolved, intending, remembered.
Minnie
Mother, dam.
Mirk, mirkest
Dark, darkest.
Misca'
To abuse, to call names; misca'd, abused.
Mischanter
Accident.
Mislear'd
Mischievous, unmannerly.
Misteuk
Mistook.
Mither
Mother.
Mixtie-maxtie
Confusedly mixed, mish-mash.
Moistify, moistified
To moisten, to soak; moistened, soaked.
Mons-Meg
A large piece of ordnance, composed of iron bars welded together and then hooped.
Mony, or Monie
Many.
Mools
Earth.
Moop
To nibble as a sheep.
Moorlan'
Of, or belonging to, moors.
Morn
The next day, to-morrow.
Mottie
Hazy.
Mou'
The mouth.
Moudiwort
A mole.
Mousie
Diminutive of mouse.
Muckle, or mickle
Great, big, much.
Muses-stank
Muses-rill; a stank -- slow-flowing water.
Musie
Diminutive of muse.
Muslin-kail
Broth, composed simply of water, shelled barley, and greens -- thin, poor broth.
Mutchkin
An English pint.
Mysel'
Myself.

Source:

The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns
Copyright 1910
Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd