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A Glossary of the Scots Dialect |
| Mae | more. |
| Maf | more. |
| Mailen | mailin, a farm. |
| Mailie | Molly. |
| Mailin | farm. |
| Mair | more. |
| Maist | almost. |
| Mak | make. |
| Mako' | make o', to pet, to fondle. |
| Mall | Mally. |
| Mang | among. |
| Manteel | mantle. |
| Manteele | a mantle. |
| Mark | merk, an old Scots coin (13 1-3d. sterling). |
| Mashlum | mixed grain. |
| Maskin-pat | tea pot. |
| Maukin | a hare. |
| Maun | must. |
| Maunna | must not. |
| Maut | malt. |
| Mavis | the thrush. |
| Mawin | mowing. |
| Mawn | a basket; mown. |
| Mear | a mare. |
| Meere | a mare. |
| Meikle | as much. |
| Melder | grain sent to the mill. |
| Mell | to meddle. |
| Melvie | to soil with mud. |
| Men' | mend. |
| Mense | good manners. |
| Menseless | without manners. |
| Merle | the blackbird. |
| Merran | Marian. |
| Mess | (Mess John=the clergyman). |
| Messin | mongrel dog. |
| MessJohn | Mass John, the parish priest, the minister. |
| Midden | the dunghill. |
| Midden-creel | dunghill basket. |
| Midden-creels | manure-baskets. |
| Midden-hole | dunghill. |
| Middendub | midden puddle. |
| Milkingshiel | the milking shed. |
| Mim | prim. |
| Mim-mou'd | prim-mouthed. |
| Min' | remembrance; the mind. |
| Mind | to remember, to bear in mind. |
| Minnie | mother. |
| Mirk | night; murky. |
| Misca' | to miscall, to abuse. |
| Misca'd | abused. |
| Misguidin' | misguiding. |
| Mishanter | misfortune. |
| Mislear'd | mischievious; ill-bred. |
| Mist | missed. |
| Mistak | mistake. |
| Misteuk | mistook. |
| Mither | mother. |
| Mixtie-maxtie | all mixed up. |
| Moistify | to make moist. |
| Monie | many. |
| Mony | many. |
| Mools | the earth of graves. |
| Moop | to nibble; to keep company with. |
| Moorlan' | moorland. |
| Moss | a morass. |
| Mottie | dusty. |
| Mou | heap (corn mou = corn heap). |
| Mou' | mouth. |
| Moudiewort | mole. |
| Moudieworts | moles. |
| Muckle | great, big, much. |
| Muslin-kail | thin broth. |
| Mutchkin | an English pint. |
| Mysel | myself. |
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