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_To_ Meis, Mease, _v. n._ To become calm.
_Kelly._
_To_ MEISE, MAISE, _v. n._ To incorporate, S. B.
Germ. _misch-en_, to mix.
MEIS, _s._
1. A mess.
_Douglas._
2. Meat.
_K. Hart._
Alem. _maz_, Su. G. _mos_, meat.
_To_ MEISSLE, _v. a._ To waste imperceptibly, Fife.
Belg. _meusel-en_, pitissare.
MEITH, _aux. v._ Might.
V. ~Mith~.
MEITH, MEETH, METH, MYTH, _s._
1. A mark; _meid_, Ang.
_Douglas._
Isl. _mide_, a mark, _mid-a_, to mark a place, to take observation.
2. A sign, of whatever kind, S.
_Doug._
3. A landmark, a boundary.
_Skene._
A. S. _mytha_. meta, limes.
4. The boundary of human life.
_Doug._
5. A hint, an innuendo, S. B.
V. ~Myth~, _v._
MEKYL, MEIKLE, MYKIL, MUCKLE, _adj._
1. Great, respecting size, S.
_Douglas._
2. Much; denoting quant.i.ty or extent, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _micel_, _mucel_, Alem. Isl. _mikil_, magnus.
3. Denoting pre-eminence, S.
Isl. _mikilmenne_, vir magnificus.
~Mekildom~, _s._ Largeness of size, S.
_Rams._
~Mekilwort~, _s._
Deadly nightshade.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To_ MEL, MELL, _v. n._ To speak, to mention, S. B.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _mael-a_, Isl. _mal-a_, A. S. _mael-an_, id.
MELDER, MELDAR, _s._
1. The quant.i.ty of meal ground at once, S.
_Morison._
