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 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSART. 57 May-bush [mai-buosh], sb. the hawthorn. Oratcegm Oxyacantha, — N. H. Kayweed [mai'weed], sb. camomile. — Lisle. Mace [maiz], sh. (1) Astonishment. — J. Ex. 'When she see 'an she was all in a maze,'' (2) A lab5rrinth ; a place whore a labyrinth (though destroyed) has been ; as * The mcae-hUl at BramshiU.'— W. H. G. Mead [meed], 8h, a meadow. — J. Com. imec'r'ing], adj, marking a boundary. As 'a mearlng r. H. Mears [meerz], eh. pi, boundaries. — N. H. Measter [mee'ster], sh, master. *Ak. Master is never so pronounced in North Hants.— W. H. C. Meaty [raee*ti], adj, in good condition. — J. Used of animals stall- fed or fatted. Ex. * That bullock be'ant meaty, '—yf. H. C. Meddle nor make [med-l nur maik], phr, to interfere. — J. Ex, Meetiner Fmee'tinur], sb, a dissenter ; one who frequents a meeting- house. — F. M. Mendment [mend'munt], sb, manure; as * mending the land.' — Cooper. Short for amendmemi. Merry [mer*-i], sb, a cherry. — Wise, New Forest ^ p. 190. Mersk [mursk], sb. a marsh. — Cooper. Mesh [mesh], 0&. a rabbit's 'run' through a hedge; a 'musit.' — Wise. Messenger [mes*uijurj, sb, a sunbeam pouring down slantwise to the ecuiih from a rift m a large cloud. — ^Wise. Mense [meu^^, sb. a hole through a hedge, made by a rabbit or bare. — Cooper. Mezell [mez'l], sb. Daphne Mezereum^ Selbome. Dr. Bromfield's MSa— J. B. Mickle [mik'l], adv. much. A.S. mieel. Also, as sb. Ex. ' Many a little makes a mickle.' — *Ak. I never heard the word in Hants. Miff [mif], sb, offence. Ex. 'He's in a miff,' he's offended. *Ak« ' To take miff,^ to be offended. — Britton. Millard [mil-urd], sb. (1) A miller. (2) The white moth which flies at twilight. *Ak. And is used for fishing for trout.— Wise, New Forest. Miller-donstipoll [mil-ur-dou'stipoal], sb. (1) A species of moth, so called from the mealiness of its wings. See Barnes, who quotes a rhyme also known in Hants :^
 * I'U neither meddle nor make wi* un.'