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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


Mallard. _s._ A male duck.
To Manche, to Munche. _v. a._ To chew. Probably from
_manger_, French.
Man'der. _s._ A corruption of the word, _manner_, used
only in the sense of _sort_ or _kind_: as, _Acll mander
o' things_; all sorts of things.
To Mang. _v. a._ To mix.
Mang-hangle. _adj._ Mixed in a wild and confused manner.
To maw. _v. a._ To mow.
Maw'kin. _s._ A cloth, usually wetted and attached to a pole,
to sweep clean a baker's oven. _See_ SLOMAKING.
May. _s._ The blossom of the white thorn.
May-be, MAc-be. _adv._ Perhaps; it may be.
May-fool. _s._ Same as _April fool_.
May-game, MAc-game. _s._ A frolic; a whim.
To Meech. _v. n._ To play truant; to absent from school
without leave.
Meech'er. _s._ A truant.
To Mell. _v. a._ To meddle; to touch. _I'll neither mell
nor make_: that is, I will have nothing to do with it. _I ont
mell o't_, I will not touch it.
"Of eche mattir thei wollin mell."
CHAUCER'S _Plowman's Tale._

Mesh. _s._ Moss; a species of lichen which grows plentifully
on apple trees.


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