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 84 THE DIALECT OF Manifold, sb. the bag of a cow which, contains the ozciemental matter. Mank, sb. a trick ; silly trick ; practical joke, &c. ^ Can you show any inanka on the bar ? * Manner, sb. a minnow. Map, sb, a mop. Marlocks {gl. mairloks), sb. tricks j playful proceedings. Marrables, sb. lumps containing worms, &c., found on the backs of horses, cows, &a Marrow, or Marry, vb. to match. This word is sometimes pronounced marry y especially in a kind of tossing, when each spins a coin, and one calls out heads or tails, according to the indication of his own coin. When challenging another to uiis game it is no unusual cir- cumstance to hear one say, * Au'U marry thee,* i. e. match my coin against yours. Marrow, adj. similar ; corresponding to, &c. ' The marrow glove, shoe,* and so on. * The marrow figure * is the figure corresponding to the pattern. See The Banks o* Yarrow, yer. 3 : O stay, my ain dear marrow ; ' where, however, it is used as a substantive. Marrow to bran, i. e. to brand, and Marrow to bonny. Both these expressions signify * exactly alike.' Marry, an interjection still much used. * Marry^ lad T * Now, marry/ ' Martlemas, or Martlemis, sb. Martinmas, Nov. 1 1th ; Old Martinmas, Nov. 23rd. Mash, vb. to smash, break, bruise, &c. Mater, or Manter, i. e. malter, a vessel so called. Mannoe (gl. mauns), sb. a blunder, or dilemma. 'It's a pratty maunce.* * Tha's made a bonny maunce on it.' Perhaps the spelling should be mance ; then by the analogy of Letter A the above sounds would follow. See Mense. Mannder, vb. to mutter, as an old man. Manngy, adj. mangy : a word common, and used in the peculiar sense of * foolishly fond, sentimental, peevish at trifies.' At a certain wedding where the bride was saluted in church by her female friends, a strong- minded woman looking on said in my hearing, * Sitha, sitha, they're kussin' one another, the m^ungy things I ' Mawky, or Morky (gl. jnauki), oej;. maggoty (as cheese, bacon, &c}. A m^wk is a maggot.
 * stay at home, my ain good lord,
 * Aye, marry ! ' * Yus, m^rry I can he ? ' &c.