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_Ross._
Sw. _maktlos_, Germ. _maghtlos_, id.
MAUK, _s._. A maggot.
V. ~Mauch~.
MAUKIN, _s._
1. A hare. S.
_Morison._
Gael. _maigheach_, id.
2. Metaph. a subject of discourse or disputation.
_Boswell._
MAULIFUFF, _s._ A female without energy.
Germ. _mal_, speech, and _pfuffen_ to blow.
_To_ MAUM, _v. n._
1. To soften and swell by means of water, S.
2. To become mellow, S.
Teut. _molm_, caries, et pulvis ligni cariosi.
~Maumie~, _adj._ Mellow, S.
MAUN, _aux. v._ Must.
V. ~Mon~.
MAUN, used as forming a superlative, S.
_Ferguson._
_Muckle maun_, very big or large.
A. S. _maegen_, in composition, great or large.
MAUNDRELS, _s. pl._ Idle stuff, silly tales, Perths., Border.
Su. G. _men_, vulgatus, and Isl. _draeft_, sermo stultus.
MAUSEL, _s._ A mausoleum.
_Z. Boyd._
MAW. ~Sea-maw~, _s._ The common gull, S.
Dan. _maage_, id.
_To_ MAW, _v. a._
1. To mow, S.
_Burns._
2. To cut down in battle.
_Douglas._
A. S. _maw-an_, Isl. _maa_, id.
MAWD, _s._ A shepherd's plaid.
V. ~Maad~.
MAWESIE, _s._
V. ~Malvesie~.
MAWGRe, MAUGRe, MAGRe, _s._
1. Ill-will.
_Barbour._
2. Vexation, blame.
