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 86 THE DIALECT OF < Bat they are loth to mdl. And loth to hang the bell About the Cattes neck.' MeLdi^ acff. moist ; mild, &c. A mdsh nut is a soft one, not ripe ; and a mehh night is a mild or moderately warm night It occurs in a different form in Hamlet, Act U. sc. ii., in the last two lines of the Flayer^s speech : SFnless things mortal move them not at all,) ould have made milch the btiming eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.' Melfih Diok, a wood-demon, who is supposed to guard over unripe nuts. ' Mdch Dick '11 catch thee, lad/ was formerly a common threat used to £righten children going a' nutting. Melt, vh. to make malt. ' They don't lank malt 'at were melted V cuckoo taum.' Mexuie, or Mensefol, adj. tidy; clean ; comely, &c. Bay has mense- fuL A.S. menniscy human, manly. Mexuie is also a substantive [and is constantly so used in Lowland Scotch.— W. W. S.]. Menitrotter, eh, a species of swing, formed by a rope thrown over a beam. Mester, sb. Mister ; Mr. Met, sh, a bushel. Mew, pt mowed, the past tense of to mow ; so sew for sowed, and inew for snowed. Mich, adj and adv, much. ' By far and mich,' an old expression. Mich (pronounced mauch), vh. to move quietly, or slily. If one were asleep it would be said, ' Tha mun 7nauch in,' &a Midden, Middin, or Midding, sb. a dunghill, &c. Bay has it. The asa-middin is an ash-heap ; the muck-middin a manure heap, or dung- hill. Occurs in Dimbars Dance of the Seven Deadly SinSy 1. 68 : Came like a sow out of a midding,^ Middlemost, adj, the centre, &c. See £zek. xlii. 5 : ' The galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.' Occurs again ver. 6. Midge, sb, the common word for a gnat. See Aran. Milkhaas,«&. milkhouse, t.e. a kind of dairy, or cellar, on the ground floor.
 * The instant burst of clamour that she made
 * Syne sweimees, at the second bidding,