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 82 THE DIALECT OF &c. Bather remarkable if the same word as lurher, as the tendency here is to harden ch. See Letter 0. liXirgy {(J hard ; gl. luor-gi), adj. idle ; loafing, &c. Halliwell has a word of similar meaning spelt lurdy^ which he states to be a north- country word. "LuiTjy ah. a kind of dray, or waggon. Lurry, vh. Sec Lift. M final is often found where the proper termination is n. Sec Letter N. Ma (pronounced may / gl. mai), vh. to make. See Mak. Ma and Ta, for make and take. Both occur in Douglas's King Hart, 369—372 : ' Soon came delight, and he be^uth to dance ; Green love upstart, and can his spreitis ta For now I traist gret melody to ma^^ * Ma&8 (pronounced mah-as; <//. maa'h's), «6. a mouse. *Tha hasn't as mich wit as 'ud bait a moa^-trap.' Ma&t (pronounced maJi-at ; gl. maa'h't), vh, to moult. The proper local pronimciation, sinking the letter I, Maath (pronounced mali-ath ; gl, maa*h'th), sh. the mouth. A white cat with a black mark by her nose was trotting along within sight of two boys, when one hastily remarked, * Sitha, sitha, t' cat*s getten a maas i' her maath.* She came a little nearer, when the other replied, ' Nay, lad, she's nobbut been amang posnits,' i, e. among the sauce- pans or pots. Maddled, adj. or pt puzzled ; partially mad, or mazed^ for a short time, as when one has been struck on the head. Madlin, or Maddlin, adj. perplexing; and as a substantive, a simpleton. Maiden, sh. the peggy for washing clothes. Maidening tub, or Swiller, eh. a tub in which is worked an instru- ment called the maiden, peggy, or dolly. Maispot, or Masepot, sh. a sort of black pipkin holding about a pint This word may be connected with mazara or ma$er$, i. e. bowls, goblets, &c. ; in which latter form it occurs in Bohin Hood, Fytte iii. vor. 31 :
 * Full Weill IS me,** said Disport, " of this chanco.