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 I 60 HAMPSHIRE QLOSSART. And carried him to a bam ; And there they made a mow of him. To keep him free from harm.' Ballad of John Barleycorn {ffanU YersionX 2) The wooden division separating the parts of a bam. — N. H. 3) The division of the bam so separated. — N. H. Mnchen [mnch'en], pran. of miching. See Mitch and Monch. Knck [muk], sh, dung. — Lisle. Mucker [muk*ur], adv, all over with it, finished, done, hopeless.— N. H. Muckle [muk'll, v. 'to manure with long unrotted dang from the yard.*— JDriver s Gen. View of Agriculture in HanU, p. 73. (London^ 1794.)— W. W. S. Mud [mnd], v. a. to pet ; to fondle. Ex. ' Don't 'e mud that boy so.' * A mud calf' = a calf brought up by hand. — J. Muddle [mudi], t;. to fondle, to caress ; to rear by hand. — ^Wise, New Forest, Muddle, Muggle [mud'l,mug'l], sb. confusion. *Ak. Ex. 'All in a muddle f^ confused, tangled. Muddle-headed [mudl-hed'ed], adj (1) Confused and bewildered in ideas. (2) Tipsy. *Ak. Mug [mug] V. to read hard ; also to pay great attention to anything. Any one cleaning and oiling a bat was said to mug it ; a boy with carefully greased and brushed hair was said to have mugged hair. — Winch, 8ch. Ok Muggle. See Muddle. Muggy [mug'i]. adv. warm, moist ; said of weather. *Ak. Com. Mullock [mul'uk], sb. dirt, rabbish ; a confused heap. *Ak. and Wise, New Forest, p. 163. Ex. * What a muUodc you have,* i, e. what a lot of rubbish. Mumbly [mumbli], adj. crumbling, likely to falL — K H. Mumpole [mump-oal], v. to beat. — F. M. Mun [raun], sh. man. Also used in addressing a woman, child, or sometimes a horse or dog. *Ak. Murg, ah. Anthemis faetida. See Marg. Musher [mush'ur], sb. a mushroom. Large ones are called * cow- muaJiera.— Wise. In North^Hants * Aar«e-mushroom&' — ^W. H. C. Mutter [mut'ur], v. n. to crumble; to fall to pieces. Ex. 'Clods wiU mutter after a shower.' — N. H, Muttouer [mut-unur], sb, a blow from a cricket-ball. — ^Adama' WykeJiamicaf p. 428.
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