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112 MISWORDS.—Quarrelsome words.

"Us had a miscord or two an' ent spoke to one 'nuather zence."

MIXED UP. — Taking part in.

"I wunt be mixed up' wi' zuch doins as them."

MIXEN.— A place where garbage from the kitchen is thrown.

MIZZLE.— "Be off!"

"You bwoys had best mizzle avoor I gets a stick to "e."

To rain steadily in extremely minute drops and without wind.

MOIL.— To labour.

"I hev a-got zome money put by, an' dwoant look to toil an' moil al my daays."

MOINE.— A dung-hill.

MOLL-HERN.— The female heron. The male heron is called the "jack hern" but in districts where herons are not often seen both male and female are called "moll-herns."

MOLLY-CODDLE.— A man who fusses about the house with matters more properly dealt with by women.

MON KEYS' LOWANCE.— A whipping.

MOO-COW. — Children call a cow thus, as they call a sheep a "baa-lamb."

MOOR.—More.

MOOR ZACKS TO MILL.— A favourite game with children at Christmas time, when wishing for one of a romping character.

MOP VAAIR. — A fair for hiring servants and farm-labourers.

MORT—"Very great, a large quantity.

"When I met 'un a zimmed in a mort of a hurry."

"Ther was a mort on 'un ther, I never zin zuch a lot avoor nor

MORTAL —Excessively, great.

"I be a gawaain to get some doctors stuff, vor I was a-veelin mortal  awhile back."

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